Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Capabilities approach(also: Capability approach, Human capabilities framework)
- A philosophical framework developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum that evaluates well-being and justice based on what people are actually able to do and be, rather than on the resources they possess. In disability and accessibility contexts, the capabilities approach…
- Colorism(also: Skin Tone Bias, Shadeism)
- Colorism is a form of discrimination in which people are treated differently based on the shade of their skin tone, typically favoring lighter skin over darker skin within and across racial groups. In digital accessibility, colorism is relevant to image descriptions and AI…
- Critical Race Theory(also: CRT)
- Critical Race Theory is a scholarly framework originating in legal studies that examines how laws, policies, and institutions perpetuate racial inequality, even in the absence of overt individual racism. It positions race as a social construct embedded in systems of power rather…
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