Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Situational Disability(also: Situational Impairment, Situational Limitation, SIID)
- A temporary reduction in ability caused by a person's environment or context rather than a permanent condition. Examples include difficulty reading a screen in bright sunlight (visual), being unable to listen to audio in a noisy environment (auditory), or having limited…
- Situationally Induced Impairment(also: SIID, Situational Impairment, Situational Disability)
- A temporary functional limitation caused by environmental or contextual factors rather than a permanent health condition or disability. Examples include difficulty using a phone while walking (reduced motor accuracy), inability to hear audio in a noisy environment, or screen…
- Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities(also: SIIDs, Situationally Induced Impairments and Disabilities, Situation-Induced Disabilities)
- An accessibility framework, introduced by Sears et al., that describes how everyday environments and tasks can temporarily impose the same kinds of barriers on non-disabled users that permanent impairments create for disabled users. Examples include reading a phone in bright sun…
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