Category:Accessibility

Category:Accessibility — this category contains wikis which deal the general subject of accessibility. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines accessibility (noun) generally as 'the quality of being able to be reached or entered'; however, when referring specifically to people, and their function in society, the OED further defines accessibility as 'the quality of being easily reached, entered, or used by people who have a disability'.

Fundamentally, accessibility refers to the many forms of adaptions, design changes, technologies, any any other tool which helps a person with different or limiting abilities to lead the same lives, and have the identical opportunities as a 'normally' abled person. So typically, for people with restricted or zero vision, 'accessibility' could include a specially trained guide dog, braille reading materials, audio description on visual media such as television programmes, films, theatre productions, music concerts and videos, and in computing, speech synthesiser, etc. Accessibility for deaf or those with reduced hearing include subtitles and / or sign language, hearing aids, hearing loops, home technologies such as lights which flash when the door bell sounds or the phone rings. And for those who have reduced or restricted mobility or agility, accessibility includes products such as wheelchairs (along with entry and exit ramps in buildings and public transport vehicles, and spaces reserved for wheelchair users on said public transport), the plethora of walking aids, additional seating in scenarios where others are expected to stand, to simple aids at home to help open canned foods, grip slippery bottles, support a boiling kettle, non-spill drinking and eating appliances, long-handled implements for bathing, toileting, and dressing. At the other extremes are prosthetics to replace missing limbs. Other accessibility adaptions include disabled toilets, disabled car parking, adapted controls for driving a vehicle, and the accompaniment of a carer or personal assistant, reduced entry fees for museums and tourist attractions (or free entry for additional personal carers).