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Sign language
German Sign Language is a visual-manual language with its own grammar, used primarily by deaf peo...
Sign language interpreter
Sign language interpreters interpret between spoken language and sign language.
Flipped Classroom / Inverted Classroom
A teaching method based on blended learning, in which the roles of homework and lesson delivery a...
Fidget toys
Small, handy objects such as cubes, spinners or balls that help to improve concentration or reduc...
Fidget rings / Rotating rings
Simple rings with moving parts that help people with anxiety disorders, autism or ADHD to manage ...
Equity Design
Equity Design is a design approach that actively integrates social justice into the design proces...
Empowerment
The term ‘empowerment’ originates from English and essentially means ‘empowerment’ or ‘self-empow...
Electronic communication aids
Electronic communication aids are electronic devices that produce spoken or written language. The...
Plain language
A simplified form of standard language, characterised by short sentences, simple sentence structu...
Discrimination/Unequal treatment
In legal terms, discrimination occurs when people are treated unfairly – for example, because of ...
Disablism
Disablism refers to the specific discriminatory, derogatory or disadvantageous behaviours that st...
Disability Mainstreaming
Disability mainstreaming means that the needs of people with disabilities are systematically inco...
Disability Justice
Disability Justice is an approach that does not merely focus on legal rights for people with disa...
Disability Dongle
The term ‘Disability Dongle’ describes technical solutions or designs – such as assistive devices...
Digital accessibility
Digital accessibility can be described in a single sentence as follows: “Digital accessibility is...
Design for All
Design for All is the German term for Universal Design and describes an approach in which product...
Curb-Cut Effect
The Curb-Cut Effect is the phenomenon whereby facilities designed for people with disabilities ar...
Cochlear implant, CI, hearing aid
A cochlear implant, or CI for short, is a technical hearing aid that can, to a certain extent, co...
Crip Time
Crip Time is a concept that describes how people with disabilities, chronic illnesses or neurodiv...
Crip
The word ‘crip’ is derived from the English term ‘cripple’, which means ‘cripple’ in German. Orig...