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) |
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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. |