Glossary of Terms

General Transport System:
Equipment, products and technologies used by people in activities of moving inside and outside buildings, such as motorised and non-motorised vehicles used for the transportation of people over ground, water and air (e.g. buses, cars, vans, other motor-powered vehicles and animal-powered transporters), not adapted or specially designed. 

Barriers:
Barriers are factors in a person’s environment that, through their absence or presence, limit functioning and create disability.  These include aspects such as a physical environment that is inaccessible, lack of relevant assistive technology, and negative attitudes of people towards people with disability, as well as services, systems and policies that are either non-existent or that hinder the involvement of all people with a health condition in all areas of life.