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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Identity-First Language(also: IFL)
Language that places the disability or condition before the person (e.g., "autistic person," "deaf person," "disabled person"), in contrast to person-first language ("person with autism," "person with a disability"). Many autistic self-advocates prefer identity-first language…
Ideographic Characters(also: Ideographs, Logograms, CJK Characters)
Ideographic characters are written symbols that represent a word, morpheme, or concept rather than an individual sound, as used in Chinese (Hanzi), Japanese (Kanji), and historically Korean (Hanja). Because a single writing system can include thousands of distinct characters —…
Indian Sign Language(also: ISL, Indo-Pakistani Sign Language, IPSL)
The sign language used predominantly by the Deaf community in India. Indian Sign Language has its own distinct grammar and vocabulary that differs substantially from American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign languages. ISL is used by millions of Deaf individuals across India…

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