Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Inclusive Imagery(also: Inclusive Representation, Disability-Inclusive Media)
- Visual content that authentically and respectfully represents people with disabilities and other marginalized groups. Inclusive imagery goes beyond accessibility (having alternative text) to address how disability is depicted—avoiding stereotypes, tragedy narratives, and…
- Overcompensation(also: Positive overcorrection, Debiasing overcorrection)
- In the context of AI bias and disability representation, overcompensation (also called positive overcorrection) refers to a failure mode in which a model's debiasing mechanisms over-adjust away from negative portrayals, producing excessively or unrealistically positive…
- Toxic positivity(also: Forced positivity, Positive bypassing)
- Toxic positivity refers to the excessive promotion of optimistic or uplifting framing that dismisses, minimises, or erases negative emotions, suffering, and genuine hardship. In disability contexts, toxic positivity manifests when portrayals of disabled people focus exclusively…
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