Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Dinner Table Syndrome
- The social and emotional isolation experienced by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in hearing family settings where spoken language is the primary mode of communication. Named for the common experience of sitting at a family dinner table surrounded by conversation one cannot…
- Disability Community(also: Disabled Community)
- A group of people connected by shared experiences of disability who may share culture, identity, advocacy goals, and mutual support networks. Disability communities can be organized around specific conditions (e.g., the Deaf community, the blind community), broader disability…
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