Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Harm Reduction
- An approach that prioritizes minimizing negative consequences of potentially risky behaviors rather than demanding complete abstinence or compliance with prescribed rules. In accessibility and disability contexts, harm reduction acknowledges that disabled people often face…
- Hermeneutical Injustice
- Hermeneutical injustice, a concept developed by philosopher Miranda Fricker, is a form of epistemic injustice in which a person's experience is unintelligible to themselves or others because the collective interpretive resources of their community lack the concepts, vocabulary…
- Human Rights Model of Disability(also: Rights-Based Model of Disability)
- A framework for understanding disability that builds on and extends the social model by emphasising the inherent dignity and rights of people with disabilities. Grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), this model goes beyond identifying…
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