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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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PVI(also: People with Visual Impairments, Person with Visual Impairment, Persons with Visual Impairments)
An abbreviation widely used in HCI and accessibility research for "people with visual impairments," a person-first umbrella term that includes people who are blind, legally blind, or have low vision. PVI is often used interchangeably with BVI ("blind and visually impaired") and…
People Who Stutter(also: PWS, Person Who Stutters, Adults Who Stutter)
An identity-first and community-preferred term for people who experience stuttering, a neurodevelopmental condition involving involuntary speech disfluencies such as blocks, prolongations, and repetitions. PWS affects roughly 1% of the global population. Community usage (PWS,…
People with Dementia(also: PwD)
A person-first term used in accessibility and dementia research to refer to individuals living with dementia — an umbrella term covering progressive neurological conditions (such as Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia) that…

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