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German Sign Language is a visual-manual language with its own grammar, used primarily by deaf people for communication. It is based on hand movements (signs), facial expressions and body language, and is a fully-fledged and independent language in its own righ...

Deaf people are entitled to financial support under the Act on Assistance for the Blind and Deaf (GHBG). The Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL) pays this support if the person lives in Westphalia-Lippe. People with congenital deafness or deafness a...

Equality refers to the equal treatment, both in law and in practice, of all people, regardless of individual characteristics such as gender, origin, religion, age or disability. The aim is to eliminate existing disadvantages and to ensure that all people have ...

The degree of disability, or GdB for short, determines the extent to which an individual’s disability or disabilities affect their ability to participate in society, irrespective of their occupational activity and the cause of the health impairment. The GdB is...

An assistive technology pool is a centralised collection of technical devices and adaptive tools available for loan to people with disabilities. The aim is to facilitate access to the necessary assistive technology and reduce the costs associated with individu...

A combination of virtual and non-virtual learning environments and teaching methods. Hybrid learning is also known as blended learning or integrated learning.

An inductive hearing system is a system that converts audio signals (e.g. speech from a microphone) into electrical signals via an induction loop. These signals generate a magnetic field that is received wirelessly by hearing aids or cochlear implants fitted w...

An inclusor is a person, measure or structure that actively contributes to promoting inclusion – that is, ensuring that all people, regardless of disability, background, gender or other characteristics, can participate on an equal footing. Inclusators identify...

Inclusion refers to the guiding principle of society whereby all people – regardless of individual characteristics such as disability, background, gender, age or religion – can participate in all areas of social life on an equal footing and as a matter of cour...

Intersectionality (from the English ‘intersection’) refers to a concept in sociology that examines how social characteristics such as gender, age, ethnic background, disability, sexual orientation, physical appearance or worldview interact with one another. It...

High contrast between foreground and background colours (e.g. in text) improves readability and makes text easier to read, particularly for people with visual impairments or colour blindness. To test the colour contrast of text on a computer for accessibility,...

Signed English/Manually Coded English (MCE) is a communication system in which every spoken word is simultaneously supplemented by a corresponding sign from sign language. Unlike German Sign Language, which has its own grammar, MCE follows the grammar and sent...

Easy-to-read language is a form of the German language that is particularly easy to understand and follows specific, strict and fixed rules. In Germany, these rules have been standardised since 2025 by DIN SPEC 33429 ‘Recommendations for Easy-to-read German’. ...

Readability refers to the linguistic comprehensibility of a text, that is, how easily and fluently a text can be taken in, processed and understood. It depends on factors such as word choice, sentence structure, text length, structure, organisation, style and ...

Legibility refers to the quality of typefaces, texts or visual representations that enables them to be recognised and deciphered easily and without strain. It depends on factors such as typeface, font size, line spacing, contrast between text and background, a...

Light mode and Dark mode are two visual styles for digital user interfaces that differ in their colour schemes and are designed to suit different usage scenarios. Light Mode displays content with a light background and dark text. It is particularly easy to rea...