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a11y
A numeronym that’s short for “accessibility.”
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Accessibility Statements
Documents which provide useful information about navigating a site for disabled users.
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Assistive Technology
Tooling that disabled people use to more easily navigate the world.
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Color Contrast
How discernible one color is on top of (or next to) another.
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Curb-Cut Effect
When accommodations for disabled people also benefit a wider audience.
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Design Systems
Codified, centralized design decisions for consistent user interfaces.
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Forced Colors Mode
A setting which replaces sites’ colors with a reduced, user-selected palette.
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Identity-First and Person-First Language
Two grammatical approaches for referring to disabled people.
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Nexus
A strong connection between a website or app and a brick-and-mortar public accommodation.
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Reduced Motion
A browser- or operating system–level setting for minimizing animations.
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Screenreaders
Software that blind and low-vision people commonly use to announce application contents aloud or via a braille display.
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Visually-Hidden Styles
CSS rules which make an element invisible without removing it from the accessibility tree.
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
The industry standard for web accessibility requirements.