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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Mental Map(also: Cognitive Map, Mental Model of Space)
An internal cognitive representation of a physical environment, including spatial relationships, landmarks, routes, and distances. For people with blindness or visual impairments, building a mental map of a route before traveling is a critical strategy for independent mobility,…

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