Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Bilingual Education(also: Bilingual-Bicultural Education, Bi-Bi Education)
- Bilingual education in the context of deaf education refers to teaching approaches that use both sign language and the written form of a spoken language as languages of instruction. Often called bilingual-bicultural (Bi-Bi) education, this model recognizes sign language as the…
- Blissymbols(also: Blissymbolics, Bliss Language)
- A symbolic language created by Charles K. Bliss, consisting of several hundred basic symbols that can be combined to create new meanings. Unlike pictographic symbol sets where each image represents a specific word, Blissymbols are ideographic — they represent concepts rather…
- British Sign Language(also: BSL)
- The primary sign language used by deaf communities in the United Kingdom, recognized as an official language under the British Sign Language Act 2022. BSL is distinct from American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign languages, with its own grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. A key…
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