Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Physical Disability(also: Motor Disability, Physical Impairment)
- A condition that affects a person's physical functioning, mobility, dexterity, or stamina. Physical disabilities include conditions such as paralysis, amputation, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and arthritis. In technology and VR…
- Postlingual Deafness(also: Postlingually Deaf, Acquired Hearing Loss)
- Hearing loss that occurs after a person has acquired spoken language, typically after about age three to five. Postlingually deaf people usually retain spoken-language fluency, literacy, and memory of sound, which affects their rehabilitation trajectory and their experience of…
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