Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Ocular normativity(also: Ocularcentrism, Ocular norm, Visual normativity)
- A concept from critical disability studies describing the cultural assumption that sight is the primary, most reliable, and most natural mode of knowing and perceiving the world. Ocular normativity positions visual interaction as the default and universal way to engage with…
- Ocularcentrism(also: Visual Bias, Vision-Centrism)
- The privileging of visual perception and visual ways of knowing in the design of technologies, interfaces, and information systems. Ocularcentrism in technology design manifests when visual assumptions are embedded in systems that are intended to be accessible — for example,…
- Online Health Communities(also: OHCs)
- Internet-based communities where people affected by a shared health condition exchange experiential knowledge, emotional support, and practical coping strategies. Traditionally hosted on dedicated forums, OHCs increasingly exist as “unbounded” communities on mainstream social…
- Outcome-Based Education(also: OBE, Standards-Based Education)
- An educational approach that focuses on measuring student achievement through specific, predetermined outcomes or competencies rather than on the process of learning itself. In disability and special education contexts, outcome-based education can be controversial because it…
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