Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Activity Theory
- A conceptual framework originating in Soviet psychology (Vygotsky, Leont'ev) and widely applied in HCI, which analyses human action as goal-directed activity mediated by tools, rules, community, and division of labour. Activity Theory provides a structured lens for studying how…
- Adaptive Technology Resource Centre(also: ATRC, Inclusive Design Research Centre)
- The Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) was a research centre at the University of Toronto dedicated to developing inclusive information technology and promoting digital accessibility. Founded in the 1990s, the ATRC became one of the most influential accessibility…
- Artifact Contribution(also: System Contribution, Technical Contribution)
- A type of research contribution in HCI that involves the creation of a new system, tool, interface, or technology prototype. Artifact contributions are the most common type in reading support technology research (44.55% of publications), typically consisting of a new reading…
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