Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Anarthria
- A severe motor speech disorder characterized by complete or near-complete loss of the ability to produce speech due to muscle weakness or paralysis affecting the articulatory organs (tongue, lips, palate, larynx). Unlike aphasia, which affects language processing, anarthria…
- Athetosis(also: Athetoid movements)
- A movement disorder characterized by slow, involuntary, writhing movements, particularly affecting the hands, feet, and face. Athetosis is one form of dyskinetic cerebral palsy and results from damage to the basal ganglia. People with athetosis often experience difficulty with…
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