 
Definitions of Acronyms
PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITIES (PCPID)
COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS
| AADP | American Association of Disabled People | |
| AAMR | American Association on Mental Retardation | |
| AAUAP | American Association of University Affiliated Programs for Persons with Developmental Disabilities | |
| ADD | Administration on Developmental Disabilities | |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder | |
| AADP | American Association of Disabled People | |
| ANCOR | American Network of Community Options and Resources | |
| ARC-US | Association for Retarded Citizens of the United States | |
| ASHA | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | |
| BIA | Brain Injury Association | |
| CARF | Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities | |
| CCD | Consortium on Citizens with Disabilities | |
| DCD | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| CEC | Council for Exception Children | |
| CP | Cerebral Palsy | |
| CHADD | Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder | |
| DD | Developmental disability | |
| FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | |
| FAE | Fetal Alcohol Effect | |
| HSRI | Human Services Research Institute | |
| IASSID | International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities | |
| IEP | Individual Education Plan | |
| MR | Mental Retardation | |
| NADD | National Association for the Dually Diagnosed | |
| NAPAS | National Organization of Protection and Advocacy Systems | |
| NAFAS | National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | |
| NASDDDS | National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services, Inc. | |
| NCD | National Council on Disability | |
| NDSC | National Down Syndrome Congress | |
| NDSS | National Down Syndrome Society | |
| NICHD | National Institute on Child Health and Human Development | |
| NICHCY | National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth (i.e.,) Children and Youth with Disabilities) |
|
| NIDRR | National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research | |
| NIMH | National Institute on Mental Health | |
| NOFAS | National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | |
| OERI | Office of Education Research and Improvement | |
| OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs | |
| OSERS | Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services | |
| P & A | Protection and Advocacy Agencies | |
| PACER | Parent Advocacy Center | |
| PCPID | President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities | |
| PITI | Parent Information and Training Center | |
| PKU | Phenylketonuria | |
| SSDI | Social Security Disability Income | |
| SSI | Social Security Income | |
| TASH | The Association for the Severely Handicapped | |
| The Arc | The Association for Retarded Citizens | |
| UAP | University-Affiliated Programs | |
| UCPA | United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc. |
