Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Crafting(also: Craftwork, Handcraft)
- The practice of making objects by hand using traditional techniques, materials, and tools. In accessibility research, crafting—including weaving, knitting, woodworking, and pottery—represents a form of making distinct from high-tech fabrication (3D printing, laser cutting).…
- Fiber Arts(also: Textile Arts, Textile Crafts)
- Creative practices involving the manipulation of fibers or textiles, including weaving, knitting, crocheting, embroidery, quilting, and felting. Fiber arts are increasingly explored in accessibility research as sites for inclusive making, where tactile feedback and rhythmic…
- Textile Crafts(also: Fiber Arts, Fiber Crafts)
- Textile crafts are hand processes that produce or use textiles (flexible materials made from fibres and filaments) for functional and aesthetic applications. Common textile crafts include knitting, crochet, sewing, weaving, embroidery, quilting, spinning, and felting. In…
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