Glossary

Access has a lot of terms and a whole lot of acronyms. Check out our glossary of more than 150 access terms to help it all make sense.

2010 Standards for Accessible Design

21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CCVA)

504 “sit ins”

Ableism

Access Intimacy

Access Rider

Access Symbols

Access Table

Accessibility contact

Accessibility Coordinator

Accessibility Overlays

Accessible Path of Travel

Accessible seat

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)

ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008

AI (artificial intelligence) captioning

Alternative (Alt) Text

American Sign Language (ASL)

Architectural Access Board (AAB)

Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)

Assistive Listening Device (ALD)

Assistive Listening System (ALS)

Assistive Technology

Attestation

Attitudinal Accessibility

Audio Description

Audio Description Booth

Audio Tour

Auxiliary Aids and Services

Barrier Removal

Barriers to Accessibility

Braille

Built Environment

Camel Case

Cane Detectability

Capitol Crawl

CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation)

Certified Audio Description Specialist (CAUDES)

Circulation Path

Closed Captions (CC)

Color Contrast

Companion seat

Contrast Ratio

Cross-Disability Perspective

DASL (Director of Artistic Sign Language)

Deaf President Now

Deaf/deaf

Descriptive Video Service (DVS)

Designated Access Seat for Access Services

Designated Aisle Seat (Transfer Seat)

Detectable Edges

Detectable Warning Surfaces

Differentiated Instruction

Disability

Disability Awareness

Disability Community

Disability Culture

Disability History

Disability Justice

Disability Rights

Effective Communication

Eight Senses

Emotional Support Animals

Essential Job functions

Fixed Seating

Flexible Seating

Fundamental Alteration

Grievance Procedure

Haptic Devices

Haptic Feedback

Heading Hierarchy

HoH / HH – Hard of Hearing

ICT (Information and Communication Technology)

IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act)

Identity-first Language

Image Description

In-Show Audio Describer

Inclusion Statement

Inclusive Communication

Integrated Audio Description

International Building Code

International Symbol of Accessibility (ISA)

Intersectionality

Label Links

Large Print

Live Audio Description

Loop system

Low-sensory/quiet space

Medical Model of Disability

Mobility Device

Models of Disability

Neurodiversity

Neurotypical

Non-Apparent Disability

Open Captions

Paratransit

PCA (Personal Care Attendant)

Person-first Language

Plain Language

Plain Text

Pre-Show Audio Describer

Pre-Show Experience

Pre-Visit Materials

Preview guide or Pre-visit guide

Primary Consideration

ProTactile Language

Public Notice

Reach Ranges

Readable Font Size

Readily Achievable Barrier Removal

Reasonable Accommodation

Reasonable Modification

Refreshable Braille Display

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Rest Benches and Rest Areas

Safe Harbor

Screen Magnification Software or Device

Screen Reader

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act

Sensory map

Sensory-Friendly

Service Animal Relief Space

Service Animals

Sighted Guide

Sightlines

Sign Language

Signage and Wayfinding

Social Model of Disability

Social narratives or Social Stories™

Speech Recognition Software

SubRip (.srt) File

Tactile American Sign Language (Tactile ASL)

Tactile Communication

Tactile map

Tactile materials

Text Only

Ticketing

Title I of the ADA

Title II of the ADA or a Title II Entity

Title III of the ADA or a Title III Entity

Touch Tours

Transition Plan

Truncated Dome

U.S. Access Board

Ugly Laws

Undue Burden/Hardship

Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS)

Universal Design (UD)

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Universal Icon System

User/Expert

UX – User Experience

Verbal Description

Visual Language

Visual Schedule

VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)

WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)

White Cane