Communication Accommodation: Access, Consent, and Inclusive Choice
Communication accommodation adjusts how information is shared so people with different communication needs can understand, respond, and participate in decisions.
Communication accommodation adjusts how information is shared so people with different communication needs can understand, respond, and participate in decisions.
Infantilization of disabled adults means treating disabled adults as childlike or incapable, often limiting autonomy, privacy, relationships, consent, and personal decision-making.
Body autonomy for disabled people means having meaningful control over decisions involving touch, healthcare, sexuality, reproduction, privacy, and personal assistance.
Supported decision-making helps people understand information, consider options, communicate preferences, and make their own choices with appropriate assistance.
Capacity to consent is the ability to understand relevant information, make a voluntary decision, and communicate agreement or refusal in a particular situation.
Consent capacity is the ability to understand, evaluate, and voluntarily decide whether to agree to a particular sexual or intimate activity.
A consenting adult is an adult who knowingly and voluntarily agrees to a specific activity and has the capacity and freedom to make that choice.
Capacity means the ability to understand, make, and communicate a decision and is essential for valid sexual consent.
Consensual means freely agreed to by everyone involved and requires voluntary, informed, specific, continuing, and reversible consent.