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Ableism

This term refers to a form of discrimination that particularly affects people with disabilities. ...

Accessibility

Accessibility refers to the principle that buildings and public spaces, workplaces and homes, tra...

Accessibility Maturity Model (AMM)

The Accessible Technology Charter serves as the foundation. The AMM consists of 10 commitments to...

Accessibility technologies

Accessibility technologies refer to technical aids, software solutions or digital adaptations des...

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)

The Web Accessibility Initiative’s Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) is a technica...

Accessible toilet, Eurokey, toilet facilities

Accessible toilets are specially designed sanitary facilities that enable people with physical di...

Age-appropriate assistance systems (AAL; Ambient Assisted Living)

Age-appropriate assistance systems are technical solutions that enable older people and those wit...

Alternative text/Alt text

To enable people who are blind or partially sighted to access images on the internet or in docume...

Assistance / Person receiving assistance / Person providing assistance

Under certain conditions, both employed and self-employed people with disabilities are entitled t...

Assistance dogs

Trained assistance dogs provide long-term support to people with a wide range of disabilities or ...

Assistive technologies/aids

There are various assistive technologies and aids available to support students with disabilities...

Assistive Technology Pool

An assistive technology pool is a centralised collection of technical devices and adaptive tools ...

Asynchronous and synchronous teaching

Asynchronous teaching: takes place independently of time and location. The teacher and students d...

Audio description

Audio description helps blind and severely visually impaired people to better understand videos. ...

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Augmentative and Alternative Communication refers to all methods and aids that help people to exp...

Autistic Joy

‘Autistic joy’ describes the all-encompassing, very intense feeling of joy and excitement that ma...

Awareness (Team)

Awareness refers to consciousness and mindfulness (derived from ‘to be aware’, i.e. to be attenti...