Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Instrumental Activities of Daily Living(also: IADLs)
- Complex everyday tasks that require higher-level cognitive and physical skills than basic self-care activities. IADLs include managing finances, shopping, meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry, using transportation, managing medications, and using communication technologies…
- Internalized Ageism(also: Self-Directed Ageism)
- The process by which older adults absorb and accept negative societal stereotypes about aging, applying these beliefs to themselves and their peers. Internalized ageism can lead older adults to underestimate their own capabilities, avoid learning new technologies, or accept…
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