AANE Asperger's Association of New England
ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis
ABC Autism Behavior Checklist
ABI Adaptive Behavior Inventory
AC Autistic Cousin (see "COUSIN")
AC Autistics and Cousins
ACCESS Autistic Continuum Connections, Education, and Support Site
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AFAIK "As Far As I Know"
AFGO "Another Fine Growth Opportunity" (sarcastic: means a difficult
problem to solve)
AGUA Adult Gathering, United and Autistic
AIT Advanced Individual Training
AIT Auditory Integration Therapy
ALE Alternative Learning Experience
ALJ Administrative Law Judge
ANI Autism Network International
ANI-L The listserv (mailing list) for Autism Network International
APD Auditory Processing Disorder
APE Adaptive Physical Education
ARD Admission, Review, Dismissal (used in Texas)
AS Asperger's Syndrome (DSM IV 299.80)
AS Autistic Spectrum
ASA Autism Society of America
ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder
ASI Autism Society of Illinois
ASPEN ASPEN of America - Asperger Syndrome Education Network, Inc.,
National advocacy/support organization
ASPEN ASPEN of New Jersey (not affiliatied with ASPEN of America)
ASPEN Asperger Syndrome Parent Education Network
ASPIE A person with Asperger's Syndrome (informal, don't use unless sure it
won't offend)
BBRS Burks' Behavior Rating Scale
BD Behavioral Disorder
BD/ED Behavior Disordered / Emotionally Disturbed
BIC Behavior Improvement Class
BIP Behavior Improvement Plan
BMP Behavior Management Plan
BOCES Board Of Cooperative Educational Services
BP BiPolar (formerly called "manic-depressive")
BTW "By The Way"
CAN Cure Autism Now - advocacy organization
CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CARD Center for Autism and Related Disorders (used in Maryland)
CARD Committee for Admission, Review, Dismissal (used in Texas)
CARD Committee for Autism and Related Disabilities (used in Florida)
CARS Childhoold Autism Rating Scale (diagnostic and evaluation tool)
CD Conduct Disorder
CNS Central Nervous System
CO Conference
COSAC Center for Outreach and Services for the Autistic Community (New
Jersey)
COTA Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
COUSIN Someone who has some autistic-spectrum characteristics to the extent
that he/she can identify with autistic folks even if not formally diagnosed
CP Cerebral Palsy
CPS Canadian Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialities
CPS Child Protective Services
CSE Committee for Special Education (called "MDT" in some states)
CST Child Study Team
CV Curriculum Vitae (a resume)
CVPD Central Vision Processing Disorder
CYA California Youth Authority
DAN Defeat Autism Now! (organizational site at
http://www.autism.com/ari/dan.html)
DAS Differential Abilities Scales
DCD Development Coordination Disorder (DSM IV 315.4)
DD Development Disorder
DD Developmental Disabilities
DH Developmentally Handicapped
DHS Department of Human Services
DMG Dimethyl Glycine
DPT A triple inoculation given to kids: Diptheria, Pertussis (whooping
cough), Tetanus
DR Disability Rights
DREDF Disability Rights Education Defense Fund
DSM Diagnostic Statistical Manual - enormous industry-standard catalogue of
medical diagnoses
DSM-IV Diagnostic Statistical Manual (edition IV) - the current version of
this publication
DSMR Diagnostic Statistical Manual (Revised) - preceded DSM-IV
DTVMI Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration
DX Diagnosis
EBD Emotional Behavioral Disorder
ECSE Early Childhood Special Education
ECT ElectroConvulsive Therapy (electroshock)
ED Emotionally Disturbed
EEG ElectroEncephaloGram (basically, a graph of brain-wave activity)
EFD Executive Functioning Disorder
EI Emotionally Impaired
EI Early Intervention
EIBI Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention
EKG ElectroCardioGram (basically, a graph of the heart's electrical
activity)
EPD Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization (say this one right the first try &
win a prize!)
EPSDT Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment
ESD Educational Service District
ESE Exceptional Student Education
ESL English as a Second Language
ESY Extended School Year
EYSD Extended Year Special Ed
F2F "Face to Face"
FADD Feline Attention Deficit Disorder -- High-dysfunctioning autistic cat
can't get enough attention
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (an info sheet in Q&A format)
FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FBA Functional Behavior Assessment
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FERPA Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FNS Fuzzy Neuron Syndrome (associated with FADD)
FOIA Freedom Of Information Act
FWIW "For What It's Worth"
GAF Global Assessment of Functioning scale
GT Get Together
HFA High Functioning Autism (defined as autism occurring without mental
retardation, e.g. w/ IQ 70 or higher)
HH Hard of Hearing
HH HouseHold
HMO Health Medical Organization
HSLDA Home School Legal Defense Organization
IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome
ICDM A book (used by health insurors for billing purposes) which classifies
diseases by numbers
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP Individual Education Program
IFLACA "I Feel Like A Complete Ass" (used as an apology)
IIRC "If I Recall Correctly"
IME Independent Medical Examination
IMHO "In My Humble Opinion"
IMMV "Individual Mileage May Vary" (meaning "your experiences might be
different")
IMNSHO "In My Not So Humble Opinion"
IMO "In My Opinion"
IMVHO "In My Very Humble Opinion"
InLv Independent Living (support group)
IOW "In Other Words"
IQ Intelligence Quotient
IRB Institutional Review Board
IRCA Indiana Resource Center for Autism
ISD Intermediate School District
ISP Internet Service Provider
IU Intermediate Unit (used in PA)
JA Just Average (phrase is widely disliked and may offend)
LD Learning Disability
LEA Local Education Agency
LEA Local Education Authority
LEAP [definition needed]
LEP Limited English Proficiency
LFA Low-Functioning Autism (defined as autism occurring with mental
retardation, e.g. w/ IQ lower than 70)
LLD Language-based Learning Disability
LMK "Let Me Know"
LOL "Laugh Out Loud"
LOL "Laughing Out Loud"
LOL "Lots Of Love" (used as a closing phrase in correspondence)
LOLROF "Laughing Out Loud, Roll On Floor"
LRE Least Restrictive Environment (phrase used in IDEA)
M-D Manic Depression (now called bipolar depression)
MAAP More Able Autistic Persons (support group)
MAP McGill Action Plan
MBD Minimum Brain Dysfunction
MDLC Maryland Disability Law Center
MDO Major Depressive Disorder
MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team (called "CSE" in some states)
MFC Marriage and Family Counselor
MFCC Marriage, Family, and Child Counsellor
MFE Multi-Factored Evaluation
MI Mentally Impaired
MIL Mother-In-Law
MMR Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccination
MPD Multiple Personality Disorder
MR Mental Retardation, Mentally Retarded (IQ less than 70)
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NAAR National Alliance for Autism Research
NACD National Academy of Child Development
NBAC National Bioethics Advisory Commission
NBD Nazi Band Director
NDA Not Diagnosed with Anything (informal usage)
NICHCY National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
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NIH National Institute for Health
NOD Not Otherwise Diagnosed
NORD National Organization for Rare Disorders
NOS Not of Specific Origin
NOS Not Otherwise Specified, usually seen as PDD-NOS
NP "No Problem"
NPD Normal Person Disorder (used jokingly)
NPND National Parent Network on Disabilities
NS Noonan's Syndrome
NT Neurologically Typical (no diagnosible neurological disorder)
NT Neurotypical (no diagnosible neurological disorder)
NVLD Non-Verbal Learning Disability
NYD Not Yet Diagnosed (informal usage)
NYS New York State
OAAC Office of Advocacy for Autistic Children
OASIS On-line Asperger's Syndrome Information and Support
OB Obligatory
OB Specific to
OCB Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCR Office of Civil Rights
ODD Oppositional-Defiant Disorder
ODE Oregon Department of Education
OHI Other Health Impaired
OIC "Oh, I See"
OPM Other People's Money
OPM Over-Protective Mom
ORS Office of Rehabilitation Services
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs (located Washington, DC)
OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT Occupational Therapist
OT Occupational Therapy
OTOH "On The Other Hand"
OVR Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
P&A Protection & Advocacy
PA Parent' Auxiliary
PANDAS Pediatric Autoimmune Neurological Disorder Associated with Strep
PAVE Parent Are Vital in Education
PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDR Physician's Desk Reference
PET Positron Emission Tomography
PITA "Pain In The Ass"
PK Psychokinesis (moving things with the mind, a form of ESP)
PKU Phenylketonuria
PLEP Present Level of Educational Performance
PLOP Present Level of Performance
POHI Physically or Otherwise Health Impaired
PI Physically Impaired
POV Point Of View
PPL People
PPO Preferred Physician Organization
PPO Preferred Provider Option
PPS Poor Parenting Syndrome
PPS Pupil Personnel Services
PQ Performance IQ
PRT Pivotal Response Training
PT Physical Therapist
PT Physical Therapy
PTIC Parent Training and Information Center
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PwD People with Disabilities
Q&A Question-and-Answer, generally referring to a document format
RL Real Life
ROFL "Rolling On Floor Laughing"
ROFLMAO "ROFL My Arse Off"
ROFLSHCT "Rolling On the Floor Laughing So Hard Can't Type"
RPITB "Royal Pain In The Butt"
S&LP Speech and Language Pathologist
SAD Seasonal Affective Disorder (aka "Wintertime Depression")
SAH Mom Stay-At-Home Mom
SBH (?) Severe Behavior Handicap
SD School District
SED Severe Emotional Disorder
SED Severely Emotionally Disturbed
SELPA Special Education Local Plan Area (used in CA)
SERRC Special Educational Regional Recourse Center
SI Sensory Integration
SIAT Society for Integrative Auditory Training
SIB Self-Injurious Behavior
SIPT Sensory Integration and Praxis Text
SLK Severely Labeled Kid
SLP Speech and Language Pathologist
SM Selective Mutism
SNT Special Needs Trust
SSD Social Security Disability
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (class of meds, incl. Prozac,
Zoloft, Praxil, Luvox)
SST Student Study Team (used in CA)
STRANS Survey of Teenage Readiness And Neurodevelopmental Status
SULP Social Use of Langauge Programme
SVSU Southern Vermont Supervisory Union
TAN Tangentially
TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication
Disorders
TIC "Tongue In Cheek"
TKD Tae Kwon Do (a martial arts discipline)
TLA Three-Letter Acronym
TLS Transitional Living Services - sort of a halfway-house organization
TLS Turbocharged Lycoming Saber (if you're an aviation buff)
TOM Theory of Mind
TOPL Test of Pragmatic Language
TS Tourette's Syndrome
TSS Therapeutic Support Staff
TTFN "Ta-Ta For Now!"
TTYL "Talk To You Later"
TTYS "Talk To You Soon"
UK United Kingdom ("England," to Americans)
USPDI United States Prescription Drug Information
VAERs Vaccine Adverse Experience Reports (published by FDA)
VCF syndrome Vera-Cardio-Facial syndrome
VP Virtual Party
VPIC Vermont Parent Information Center
VQ Verbal IQ
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (an IQ test)
WDW Walt Disney World (Orlando, FL)
WIIA Work Incentives Initiative Act
WISC Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (an IQ test)
WNA Word Nitpickers Anonymous
WOMBAT Waste of Money, Brains, and Time
WTG "Way To Go!"
Y2K Year 2000 (If the people who made up this panic knew what they were
talking about they'd also understand that "Y2K" is actually 2048 AD.)
Y2K Year 2000. Potential computational problem caused by some software using
2-digit numbers for year (i.e., 66 = 1966).
YMMV "Your Mileage May Vary" (meaning, individual experiences could be
different)
YO Year Old |
