GLOSSARY Accessibility: The quality of an environment that enables a person to access it with ease. Accessible: The ability to be reached, entered or accessed by persons with disabilities. Accommodation: Any technical aid or device, personal support or disability-related support that a person may require. This can include, but is not limited to, accessible document formats, mobility supports, interpretation or captioning services, or ensuring space has sensory sensitive features. Adaptability: The ability to be modified for a new use or purpose. Alternate formats: Alternate ways of providing information beyond traditional printed material. Examples include large print, text-only documents and braille. Alternative text: Also referred to as alt tags or alt attributes. Alternative text provides a verbal description of a visual or graph for individuals with visual impairments who use screen readers. Barrier: Anything that hinders or challenges the full and equal participation in society of persons with an impairment, limitation or disability. Braille: A tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired. It consists of raised dots arranged in patterns that represent letters, numbers, and punctuation, allowing users to read by touch. Captioning: Text at the bottom of the screen allows people to follow spoken dialogue and distinct noises. Closed captioning is similar, but the text must be decoded to appear on the screen. Disability: Any impairment that hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society. Disabilities can be permanent or temporary in nature, and can include physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairments. Discrimination: The unjust or prejudicial treatment of a person/group of people that deprives them of or limits their access to opportunities that are available to other members of society. Diversity: Recognizing that each person is unique, has different values, comes from different social or ethnic backgrounds and is of different genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, etc. Equality: The principle of treating everyone in the same manner by ensuring they have access to the same resources and opportunities. Equality does not necessarily lead to fair outcomes, as it does not consider people’s unique experiences and differing situations.
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SaskEnergy Accessibility Plan 2026-2028
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