Fairness, Justice, & Equity Glossary

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able-bodied privilige: unearned and invisible advantages held by people who are able-bodied over people who are disabled.

ableism: Prejudiced thoughts and discriminatory actions based on differences in physical, mental, and/or emotional ability.

accessibility: Refers to the intentional design or redesign of technology, policies, products, and services (to name a few) that increase one's ability to use, access, and obtain the respective item. Each person, regardless of ability status, is afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services in an equally effective and equally integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use. Although this might not result in identical ease of use, any person with a disability must be able to obtain information, to which they are otherwise permitted to access, in a timely manner as fully, equally, and independently as a person without a disability.

accommodation: The process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something. Accommodations can be religious, physical, or mental. A reasonable accommodation specific