Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Social Prescribing(also: Community Prescribing, Non-Medical Referral)
- A non-medical intervention that links clinical practice with community-based activities and support services to improve health and wellbeing. In the context of accessibility, social prescribing connects people living with disabilities or chronic conditions — including dementia —…
- Speech Language Pathologist(also: SLP, Speech Therapist, Speech-Language Therapist)
- A licensed healthcare professional who specialises in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of communication disorders, including speech, language, voice, fluency, and swallowing difficulties. In accessibility and disability contexts, SLPs play a critical role in supporting…
- Speech Therapy(also: Speech-Language Therapy, Speech Pathology, Speech-Language Intervention)
- Clinical intervention provided by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders. For speech sound disorders, effective treatment requires "frequent, high-intensity, individualized, and naturalistic"…
- Speech and Language Therapist(also: SLT, Speech-Language Pathologist, SLP)
- A healthcare professional who assesses, diagnoses, and treats communication and swallowing disorders. Speech and language therapists play a critical role in the assistive technology ecosystem by evaluating clients for AAC suitability, recommending appropriate communication…
- Speech and Language Therapy(also: SLT, Speech-Language Pathology, SLP)
- A healthcare discipline focused on assessing and treating communication difficulties including speech, language, voice, fluency, and swallowing disorders. Speech and language therapists work with people who stammer, those with dysarthria, aphasia, and other conditions affecting…
- Speech-Language Pathology(also: SLP, Speech Therapy, Speech-Language Therapy)
- A healthcare profession focused on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of communication disorders, speech disorders, language disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, and swallowing difficulties. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work with individuals across the…
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