Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Social Model of Disability
- A framework originating in disability studies and activism that views disability not as an inherent deficit in an individual but as the result of social, environmental, and political barriers that exclude people with impairments from full participation. Introduced by Michael…
- Social Model of Disability(also: Social Construction of Disability)
- A framework that locates disability not in an individual's body or mind but in the barriers created by society — including physical environments, attitudes, policies, and systems that exclude people with impairments from full participation. Developed in contrast to the medical…
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