Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Financial Delegation(also: Financial Proxy, Delegated Banking)
- The practice of relying on a trusted person — such as a family member, friend, neighbour, or support worker — to perform financial tasks on one's behalf. Financial delegation is common among older adults and people with cognitive impairments or mental health conditions, yet most…
- Financial Inclusion
- The availability and equitable access to financial services and products for all individuals, regardless of disability, age, income level, geographic location, or digital literacy. In accessibility contexts, financial inclusion requires that banking, payment, and investment…
- Forgotten Margins
- A term describing disabled communities and populations that remain overlooked by mainstream accessibility research and practice, typically those at the intersection of disability and other forms of marginalization such as poverty, criminalization, racial discrimination, or…
- Friendsourcing
- A practice where people with disabilities turn to friends, family members, or social network contacts to obtain assistance with accessibility-related tasks, such as describing images, identifying objects, or verifying visual information. Unlike crowdsourcing from strangers,…
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