Disability Acronyms - DisabilityInfo.org

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A1AD = Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
AAA = Area Agency on Aging
AAB = Architectural Access Board
AAC = Alternative Augmentative Communication
AACR = American Association for Cancer Research
AADP = American Association of Disabled People
AAIDD = American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
AAKP = American Association of Kidney Patients
AAMR = American Association on Mental Retardation
AAPD = American Association of People with Disabilities
AAUAP = American Association of University Affiliated Programs
ABA = Applied Behavior Analysis
ABA = Architectural Barriers Act
ABAS = Adaptive Behavior Assessment System
ABE = Adult Basic Education
ABI = Acquired Brain Injury
ABL = Abetalipoproteinemia
ABS = Antley Bixler Syndrome
ABS = Amniotic Bands
ACA = Amputee Coalition of America
ACB = American Council of the Blind
ACC = Aplasia Cutis Congenita
ACC = Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
ACC = Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
ACD = Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia
ACDS = Association for Children with Down Syndrome
ACH = Achondroplasia
ACL = Association for Community Living
ACM = Arnold-Chiari Malformation
ACPSII = Carpenter Syndrome
ACPSIV = Acrocephalopolysyndactyly Type IV
ACS1 = Apert Syndrome
ACTH = Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
AD = Dermatitis, Atopic
ADA = American Diabetes Association
ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAA = Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008
ADAAG = Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines
ADAG = Accessibility Design Access Guidelines
ADAPT = American Disabled for Attendant Program Today
ADARA = American Deaf Advocacy and Rehabilitation Association
ADD = Administration on Developmental Disabilities
ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder
ADDP = Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers
ADH = Adult Day Health
ADHD = Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL = Activities of Daily Living
ADRC = Aging and Disability Resource Consortia
AE = Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
AERBVI = Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
AFB = American Foundation for the Blind
AFC = Adult Family Care / Adult Foster Care
AFDC = Aid to Families with Dependant Children
AGA = Aspartylglycosaminuria
AGBAD = Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
AHC = Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
AHD = Alagille Syndrome
AHDS = Allan Herndon Syndrome
AHEAD = Association for Higher Education and Disability
AHUS = Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIS = Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
ALAB = Alleged Abuser
ALD = Adrenoleukodystrophy
ALDA = Association of Late Deafened Adults
ALMS = Alstrom Syndrome
ALS = Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ALV = Alleged Victim
AMC = Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
AMS = Ablepharon Macrostomia Syndrome
AN = Anorexia Nervosa
AN = Acanthosis Nigricans
ANCOR = American Network of Community Options and Resources
APA = American Psychological Association
APA = American Psychiatric Association
APE = Adaptive Physical Education
APECED = Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy, Candidiasis and Ectodermal Dysplasia
APLS = Antiphospholipid Syndrome
APS = Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome
APSE = Association for Persons in Supported Employment
APTD = Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled
ARC = AIDS-Related Complex
ARDC = Aging & Disabilities Resource Consortium
ARDS = Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ARIA = Accessible Rich Internet Applications
AS = Asherman's Syndrome
AS = Angelman Syndrome
AS = Anklyosing Spondylitis
ASA = Autism Society of America
ASAP = Aging Service Access Point
ASAP-RN = Aging Services Access Points Registered Nurse
ASC = Autism Support Center
ASD = Atrial Septal Defects
ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASDC = American Society of Deaf Children
ASHA = American Speech/Hearing Association
ASHD = Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
ASL = American Sign Language
ASLTA = American Sign Language Teachers Association
ASP = Antisocial Personality Disorder
ASPS = Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
ASS = Argininosuccinate Synthetase
AT = Autoimmune Thyroiditis
AT = Antithrombin Deficiency
AT = Ataxia Telangiectasia
AT = Assistive Technology
ATD = Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy
ATEC = Assistive Technology Center (Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - Boston)
ATR-X = Alpha Thalassemia X-linked Mental Retardation Syndrome
ATTOP = Assistive Technology Training Online Project
ATTY/atty = Attorney
AUCD = Association of University Centers on Disabilities
AVED = Ataxia with Vitamin E Deficiency
AVM = Arteriovenous Malformation
AVSD = Atrioventricular Septal Defect
AZT = Azidothymidine
BABIS = Boston Acquired Brain Injury Support Group
BADS = Albinism
BBS = Bardet Biedl Syndrome
BCIL = Boston Center for Independent Living
BCS = Budd Chiari Syndrome
BD = Batten Disease
BD = Balo Disease
BD = Bowen's Disease
BDA = Blackfan Diamond Anemia
BDS = Blue Diaper Syndrome
BE = Barrett Esophagus
BEB = Benign Essential Blepharospasm
BET = Benign Essential Tremor
BGS = Baller Gerold Syndrome
BHS = Bowen Hutterite Syndrome
BIAA = Brain Injury Association of America
BIAMA = Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts
BISSCS = Brain Injury and Statewide Specialized Community Services
BJS = Bjornstad Syndrome
BMS = Burning Mouth Syndrome
BOFS = Branchio Oculo Facial Syndrome
BOOP = Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
BORJ = Borjeson Syndrome
BORS = Branchio Oto Renal Syndrome
BP = Bubonic Plague
BP = Bowenoid Papulosis
BP = Bell's Palsy
BP = Bullous Pemphigoid
BPD = Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
BPES = Blepharophimosis Ptosis Epicanthus Inversus Syndrome
BPP = Brachial Plexus Palsy
BRBNS = Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome
BRRS = Bannayan Riley Ruvalcaba Syndrome
BS = Barth Syndrome
BS = Brown Syndrome
BS = Bloom Syndrome
BS = Behcet's Syndrome
BS = Bartter’s syndrome
BS = Banti's Syndrome
BS = Brugada Syndrome
BS = Beals Syndrome
BSAS = Bureau of Substance Abuse Services
BSS = Brown Sequard Syndrome
BSS = Bernard Soulier Syndrome
BT = Brain Tumors
BVMD = Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
BWD = Binswanger's Disease
BWS = Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome
CA = Candidiasis
CADDRE = Centers for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology
CADRE = Coalition Advocating for Disability Reform In Education
CAH = Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
CANDLE = Childhood Aphasia, Neurological Disorders, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome & Epilepsy
CANS = Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths
CAP = Client Action Plan
CAPD = Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CARF = Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
CART = Communication Access Realtime Translation
CAST = Center for Applied Special Technology
CAT = Computerized Axial Tomography
CBA = Cerebellar Agenesis
CBCHO = Community Based Health Care Organization
CBES = Community Based Employment Services
CBGD = Corticobasal Degeneration
CBHI = Children's Behavioral Health Initiative
CBHO = Community Based Health Organization
CBOC = Community Based Outpatient Clinics
CC = Collagenous Colitis
CC = Colon Cancer
CC = Closed Caption
CCD = Central Core Disease
CCD = Cleidocranial Dysplasia
CCD = Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
CCD = Considerable Conduct Disorder
CCHS = Congential Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
CCMS = Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome
CCRC = Child Care Resource Center
CCU = Coronary Care Unit
CD = Corneal Dystrophies
CD = Celiac Disease
CD = Caroli Disease
CD = Chagas Disease
CD = Canavan Disease
CD = Cone Dystrophy
CD = Coats' Disease
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDD = Dentin Dysplasia, Coronal
CDDER = Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research
CDDR = Center for Developmental Disabilities Research
CDG1A = Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Type IA
CDGS = Carbohydrate Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome
CdLS = Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
CDM = Contact Dermatitis
CDR = Continuing Disability Review
CDS = Cataract Dental Syndrome
CDS = Carnitine Deficiency Syndromes
CEC = Council for Exceptional Children
CED = Camurati-Engelmann Disease
CED = Committee for Employees with Disabilities
CES = Cat Eye Syndrome
CF = Cystic Fibrosis
CFCS = Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome
CFEOM = Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles
CFIDS = Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
CFP = Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
CFS = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CFS = Chiari Frommel Syndrome
CFTD = Congenital fiber type disproportion
CG = Caregiver
CGD = Chronic granulomatous disease
CGD = Constitutional growth delay
CGF = Congenital generalized fibromatosis
CHADD = Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
CHAPA = Citizens Housing and Planning Association
CHARGE = Coloboma, Heart, Atresia of the choanae, Retarded growth & or development, Genital, Ears
CHI = Closed Head Injury
CHIK = Chikungunya
CHS = Conradi Hunermann Syndrome
CHS = Chediak Higashi Syndrome
CIDP = Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
CIQ = Community Integration Questionnaire
CJD = Cochin Jewish Disorder
CLIMB = Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases
CLS = Coffin Lowry Syndrome
CLW = Center for Living and Working
CM = Cavernous Malformation
CM = Case Manager
CMD = Castleman's Disease
CMS = Catel Manzke Syndrome
CMS = Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMT = Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
CMVI = Cytomegalovirus Infection
CNCS = Corporation for National Community Service
COA = Council on Aging
COB = Commission of the Blind
CODI = Cornucopia Of Disability Information
COED = Commission on Education for the Deaf
COFS = Cerebro Oculo Facio Skeletal Syndrome
COOP = Continuity of Operation Plan
CORD = Cape Organization for the Rights of the Disabled
CORI = Criminal Offender Record Information
COTA = Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
COX D = Cytochrome C Oxidase Deficiency
CP = Cerebral Palsy
CPASS = Community Personal Assistance Services and Support
CPCL = Cleft Palate and Cleft Lip
CPS = Campomelic Syndrome
CPSD = Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase Deficiency
CPT1A = Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1A Deficiency
CRD = Chronic Renal Disease
CRF = Continuous Reinforcement
CRIPA = Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
CRP = Community Rehabilitation Program
CRS = Caudal Regression Syndrome
CRT = Complaint Resolution Team
CS = Carcinoid Syndrome
CS = Cockayne Syndrome
CS = Conn Syndrome
CS = Cohen Syndrome
CS = Chandler's Syndrome
CS = Cayler Syndrome
CSAVR = Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
CSD = Cat Scratch Disease
CSHCN = Children with Special Health Care Needs
CSID = Congenital Sucrose Isomaltose Malabsorption
CSP = Comprehensive Service Plan
CSS = Coffin Siris Syndrome
CSS = Churg Strauss Syndrome
CTC = Community Technology Center
CTF = Colorado Tick Fever
CTS = Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CTT = Cor Triatriatum
CTX = Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosus
CVI = Common Variable Immunodeficiency
CVS = Congenital Varicella Syndrome
CWM = Commonwealth Medicine
DB = Deaf-Blind
DBS = De Barsy Syndrome
DBSA = Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
DBT = Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
DBTAC = Disability Business Technical Assistance Center
DC = Dupuytren's Contracture
DCF = Department of Children & Families
DD = Developmental Disability
DD = Danon Disease
DD = Degos Disease
DD = Depersonalization Disorder
DD = Dercum Disease
DD = Devic Disease
DD Act = The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000
DDRC = Developmental Disabilities Research Centers
DDS = Doctor of Dentistry Science
DDS = Disability Determination Services
DDS = Department of Developmental Services
DEA = Department of Elder Affairs
DEH = Dysplasia, Epiphysealis Hemimelica
DF = Dengue Fever
DGS = DiGeorge syndrome
DH = Dermatitis Herpetiformis
DHCD = Department of Housing and Community Development
DISH = Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
DJD = Degenerative Joint Disease
DJS = Dubin Johnson Syndrome
DKC = Dyskeratosis Congenita
DLC = Disability Law Center
DM = Distal Myopathy
DM1 = Myotonic Dystrophy type 1
DM2 = Myotonic Dystrophy type 2
DMA = Division of Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
DMCS = Dyggve Melchior Clausen Syndrome
DME = Durable Medical Equipment
DMEFS = Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule
DMEPOS = Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetic, Orthotics & Supplies
DMERC = Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
DMH = Department of Mental Health
DMR = Department of Mental Retardation
DOB = Date of Birth
DOE = Department of Education
DP = Disability Pension
DPC = Disability Policy Consortium
DPH = Department of Public Health
DPPC = Disabled Persons Protection Commission
DRG = Diagnostic Related Groups
DRI = Disability Research Institute
DRS = Drash Syndrome
DS = Duane Syndrome
DS = Down Syndrome
DS = Dubowitz Syndrome
DSAS = Division of Substance Abuse Services
DSD = Dejerine Sottas Disease
DSI = Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus
DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
DSS = Department of Social Services
DTA = Department of Transitional Assistance
DTD = Diastrophic Dysplasia
DVAAP = Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program
DWA = Disabled Working Aged
DWB = Disabled Widow's Benefits
DWI = Disabled & Working Individual
DWM = Dandy Walker Malformation
DX = Diagnosis
EAEDC = Emergency Aid to the Elderly, Disabled & Children
EAP = Employee Assistance Program
EAR = Elder at Risk
EASI = Equal Access to Software and Information
ECOP = Enhanced Community Options Program
ECT = Electro-Convulsive Therapy
ED = US Department of Education
ED = Emotional Disability
ED = Ectodermal Dysplasias
ED = Eales Disease
EEG = Electroencephalograph
EFMRI = Epilepsy Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
EFSP = Emergency Food and Shelter Program
EG = Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
EHBA = Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
EHS = Executive Office of Health and Human Services
EI = Early Intervention
EIP = Early Intervention Program
EKSC = Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
EMEVS = Electronic Medicaid Eligibility Verification System
EMT = Emergency Medical Technician
EOEA = Executive Office of Elder Affairs
EOHHS = Executive Office of Health and Human Services
EPS = Ear, Patella, Short Stature Syndrome
EPSDT = Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
ERG = Emergency Relocation Group
ERS = Emergency Relocation Site
ESP = Emergency Service Program
ESPA = Easter Seals Project ACTION
ETF = electron transfer flavoprotein
ETS = Employment Training Specialist
EVAL = Evaluation
FAC = Familial Articular Chondrocalcinosis
FAPE = Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
FAPE = Free Appropriate Public Education
FAS = Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FBA = Functional Behavioral Assessment
FC = Facilitated Communication
FCAS = Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome
FCMD = Fukuyama Type Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
FD = Forbes Disease
FD = Farber's Disease
FD = Fabry Disease
FD = Familial Dysautonomia
FD = Fibrous Dysplasia
FDH = Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
FEC = Familial Eosinophilic Cellulitis
FES = Functional Electrical Stimulation
FFD = Fox Fordyce Disease
FFD = Frontofacionasal Dysplasia
FFS = Femoral Facial Syndrome
FG = Fournier Gangrene
FGN = Familial Gouty Nephropathy
FGS = FG Syndrome
FH = Familial Hypercholesterolemia
FHCS = Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
FHS = Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome
FHS = Floating Harbor Syndrome
FIL = Functional Impairment Level
FIM = Functional Independence Measure
FJHN = Familial Juvenile Hyperuricemic Nephropathy
FLLD = Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency
FLSA = Fair Labor Standard Act
FMD = Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
FMD = Fibromuscular Dysplasia
FND = Frontonasal Dysplasia
FOP = Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
FP = Formaldehyde Poisoning
FRDA = Friedreich's Ataxia
FRNS = Fryns Syndrome
FRS = Fetal Retinoid Syndrome
FS = Fountain Syndrome
FS = Filippi Syndrome
FS = Froelich's Syndrome
FS = Frey's Syndrome
FS = Felty Syndrome
FS = Fraser Syndrome
FSCN = Federation for Children with Special Needs
FSHD = Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy
FSP = Family Support Plans
FSS = Freeman Sheldon Syndrome
FVS = Fetal Valproate Syndrome
FY = Fiscal Year
FY2007 = Fiscal Year 2007 (7/1/06-6/30/07)
G6PD = Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
GA = Granuloma Annulare
GAFC = Group Adult Foster Care
GA-I = Glutaricaciduria I
GA-II = Glutaricaciduria II
GAL = Guardian Ad Litem
GALT = Galactosemia
GBM = Glioblastoma Multiforme
GBS = Guillain Barre Syndrome
GCA = Giant Cell Arteritis
GCM = Giant Cell Myocarditis
GCMR = Governor's Commission on Mental Retardation
GCMS = Gorlin-Chaudhry-Moss Syndrome
GCPS = Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly Syndrome
GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale
GCS = Gianotti Crosti Syndrome
GD = Gaucher Disease
GD = Graves' Disease
GD = Gorham's disease
GERD = Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
GGM = Glucose-Galactose Malabsorption
GHD = Growth Hormone Deficiency
GHG = Gastritis, Giant Hypertrophic
GIST = Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
GLADNET = Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network
G-MS = Galloway-Mowat Syndrome
GPS = Goodpasture Syndrome
GRS = Gardner Syndrome
GS = Gilbert Syndrome
GS = Gordon Syndrome
GS = Gottron Syndrome
GS = Gerstmann Syndrome
GSD = glycogen storage disorders
GSD V = Glycogen Storage Disease Type V
GSD VII = Glycogen Storage Disease Type VII
GSD VIII = Glycogen Storage Disease VIII
GSDI = Glycogen Storage Disease Type I
GT = Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
GVHD = Graft versus Host Disease
HAE = Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema
HAPHI = Haitian American Public Health Initiatives
HAWC = Help for Abused Women and Children
HBHCO = Home Based Health Care Organization
HBO = Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
HCBW = Home and Community Based Waiver
HCEC = Housing Consumer Education Center
HCP = Handicap Parking
HCS = Health Care System
HCSIS = Home and Community Services Information System
HDM = Home delivered meals
HFI = Hereditary fructose intolerance
HHA = Home Health Aide
HHI = Home Health Initiative
HHS = Home Health Service
HHS = US Department of Health and Human Services
HICS = Head Injury Community Services (SHIP)
HIPAA = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIV = Human ImmunoDeficiency Virus
HKNC = Helen Keller National Center
HM = Homemaker
HMO = Health Maintainence Organization
HMS = Haim-Munk Syndrome
HMSN = Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy
HNHA = Hereditary Nonspherocytic Hemolytic Anemia
HOH = Hard of Hearing
HRC = Human Rights Committee
HRO = Human Rights Officer
HRSA = Heath Resources and Services Administration
HS = Hereditary Spherocytosis
HV = Home Visit
I&R = Information and Resources
I&R = Information and Referral
IA = Infectious Arthritis
IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
IBGC = Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification
IBS = Irritable Bowel Syndrome
ICAP = Inventory for Client and Agency Planning
ICDA = International Classification of Diseases Adapted for the U.S.
ICDR = Interagency Committee on Disability Research
ICE = Cogan Reese Syndrome
ICF = Intermediate Care Facility
ICFMR = Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
ICI = Institute for Community Inclusion
ICU = Intensive Care Unit
IDDM = Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
IDDRC = Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
IDEA = Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDPA = Idiopathic Dilatation of the Pulmonary Artery
IDRT = Institute for Disabilities Research and Training
IEP = Individualized Education Plan
IEVS = Income & Eligibility Verification System
IFSP = Individualized Family Service Plan
IL = Independent Living
ILC = Independent Living Center
ILCNSCA = Independent Living Program of the North Shore and Cape Ann
ILP = Independent Living Program
IM = Infantile Myofibromatosis
INABIR = Inter-National Association of Business, Industry and Rehabilitation
INR = Information and Referral
IPCP = Injury Prevention and Control Program
IRSA = International Rett Syndrome Association
IRWE = Impaired-Related Work Expense
ISP = Individual Service Plan
ITP = Individual Transition Plan
IVA = Isovaleric Acidemia
IWRP = Individual Written Rehabilitation Plan
JAN = Job Accommodation Network
JBS = Jacobsen Syndrome
JCAHO = Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JCHACO = Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations
JFCS = Jewish Family and Children's Services
JRA = Juvenile Rheumatoid Athritis
JTPA = Job Training Partnership Act
KTW = Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome
LAH = La Alianza Hispana
LCJ = Ligneous Conjunctivitis
LCSW = Licensed Certified Social Worker
LD = Learning Disability
LDA = Learning Disabilities Association
LDRP = Learning Disabilities Research & Practice
LEAH = Leadership Education in Adolescent Health
LEND = Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities
LG = Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
LHI = Latin-American Health Institute
LICSW = Licensed Social Worker
LKS = Landau-Kleffler Syndrome
LPD = Lifetime Psychiatric Days
LPN = Licensed Practical Nurse
LSW = Licensed Social Worker
LSWA = Licensed Social Worker Associate
LTC = Long Term Care
LTCF = Long Term Care Facility
LTCIAC = Long Term Care Insurance Advisory Council
LTCM = Long Term Care Management
LTCNA = Long Term Care Needs Assessment
LTCP = Long Term Care Program
LTCU = Long Term Care Unit
MA = Malignant Astrocytoma
MA = Medicaid
MAABD = Medical Assistance to Aged, Blind & Disabled
MAAPS = Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Schools
MABIAB = Massachusetts Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Board
MADIL = Massachusetts Aging and Disabilities Information Locator
MAO = Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
MAPS = Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
MASS = Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong
MASSSTART = Massachusetts Technology Assistance Resource Team
MAT = Multidisciplinary Assessment Team
MATP = Massachusetts Assistive Technology Project
MC = Medicare
MCAD = Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
MCB = Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
MCD = Multiple Carboxylase Deficiency
MCDHH = Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
MCH = Maternal and Child Health
MCHB = Maternal and Child Health Bureau
MCIH = Managed Care in Housing
MCS = Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
MD = Muscular Dystrophy
MD = Medical Doctor
MDDA = Manic-Depressive Depressive Association
MDDC = Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council
MDRI = Medicaid Drug Rebate Initiative
ME = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
MEASURES = Medicare/Medicaid Automated Survey Reporting System
MEC = MassHealth Enrollment Center
MECT = Multiple Electro Convulsive Therapy
MEDAL = Medicare/Medicaid Eligibility Data Linkage
MEDIRS = Medicaid Eligibility Determination & Information Retrieval System
MEDMRG = Medicaid Merge Program
MEQC = Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (System)
MET = Medicaid Eligibility Terminal
MF = Mediastinal fibrosis
MFCU = Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
MFOFC = Massachusetts Families Organizing For Change
MGA = Medicaid Grant Awards
MGH = Massachusetts General Hospital
MGL = Massachusetts General Law
MGP = Massachusetts Genetics Program
MHCC = Montachusett Home Care Corporation
MHLAC = Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
MHW = Mental Health Worker
MI = Mental Illness
MILCB = Multi-Cultural Independent Living Center of Boston, Inc.
MMCITS = Medicaid Managed Care Information Tracking System
MMIS = Medicaid Management Information System
MNIP = Massachusetts Network of Information Providers
MOAS = Medicaid Override Application System
MOD = Massachusetts Office on Disability
MOR = Medicaid Overpayment Report
MOW = Meals on Wheels
MQC = Medicaid Quality Control
MR = Mental Retardation
MRC = Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
MRDDRC = Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities Center
MRRS = Medicaid Retrospective Reimbursement System
MRW = Mental Retardation Worker
MS = Multiple Sclerosis
MSAT = Medicaid Strategic Analysis Team
MSCIS = Model Spinal Cord Injury System
MSIS = Medicaid Statistical Information System
MSW = Master of Social Work
MWCIL = Metrowest Center for Independent Living
NACDD = National Association of Councils of Developmental Disabilities
NACL = National Coalition for Assisted Living
NAD = National Association of the Deaf
NADDC = National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils
NADSA = National Adult Day Services Association
NAIT = National Alliance for Infusion Therapy
NAMDRC = National Association for Medical Directors of Respiratory Care
NAMES = National Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers
NAMI = National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NAPHS = National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
NARA = National Association of Rehabilitation Agencies
NARF = National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
NARIC = National Rehabilitation Information Center
NASDDDS = National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
NASHIA = National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
NASLTCOP = National Association of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
NASMD = National Association of State Medicaid Directors
NASOP = National Association of State Ombudsman Programs
NCBDDD = National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
NCCR = National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
NCD = National Council on Disability
NCDAE = National Center on Disability & Access to Education
NCDDR = National Center for the Dissemination of Disabilities Research
NCHS = National Center for Health Statistics
NCI = National Cancer Institute
NCIPC = National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
NCMRR = National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
NCPDP = National Council of Prescription Drug Programs
NCSAB = National Council of State Agencies for the Blind
NCSB = Neurological, Cognitive, Sensory & Behavorial (Variables)
NCWD = National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability
NDEP = National Diabetes Education Program
NDRN = National Disability Rights Network
NDSC = National Down Syndrome Congress
NDSS = National Down Syndrome Society
NEADS = New England Assistance Dog Service
NEHA = New England Health Assembly
NESRD = NonEnd Stage Renal Disease
NFID = National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
NFP = Nursing Facility Placement
NHCAA = National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association
NHIS = National Health Information Center
NHLBI = National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIAID = National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIAMSD = National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
NIB = National Industries for the Blind
NICHCY = National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NICHD = National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
NIDCD = National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders
NIDCR = National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
NIDDKD = National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases
NIDDM = Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetic
NIDRR = National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
NIH = National Institutes of Health
NIH = National Institutes of Health
NILP = Northeast Independent Living Program
NIMH = National Institute of Mental Health
NIMMS = National Integrated Medicaid Management System
NINDS = National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NIRS = National Information Reporting System
NKA = No Known Allergies
NKF = National Kidney Foundation
NLM = National Library of Medicine
NLS = National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
NMES = Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
NMFAI = National Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Institute
NOD = National Organization on Disability
NOE = Notice of Eligibility
NORD = National Organization for Rare Disorders
NRH = National Rehabilitation Hospital
NSIP = National Service Inclusion Project
OCD = Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
ODCS = Office for Disabilities and Community Services
ODD = Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODEP = Office of Disability Employment Policy
OEP = Occupant Emergency Plan
OHD = Office of Health and Disability
OJT = On the Job Training
OMM = Office of Medicaid Management
ORF = Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
OSA = On Site Assessment
OSEP = Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS = Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
OST = Out-of-school time
OT = Occupational Therapy
OVAE = Office of Vocational and Adult Education
P&A = Protection and Advocacy
PA = Psoriatic Arthritis
PA = Primary Amenorrhea
PAC = Parent Advisory Committee
PAL = Parent / Professional Advocacy League
PASARR = Pre-Admission Screening and Annual Resident Review
PASS = Plan to Achieve Self-Sufficiency
PBC = Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
PC = Personal Care
PC = Prostate Cancer
PCA = Personal Care Assistant/Attendant
PCMH = Patient Centered Medical Home
PCMHI = Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative
PCP = Person Centered Planning
PCP = Primary Care Physician/Provider
PDD = Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDDNOS = Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
PECS = Picture Exchange Communication System
PEPPER = Post Entitlement Premium Payment & Enrollment Program
PHA = Periodic Health Assessment
PKU = Phenylketonuria
PMU = Pediatric Medical Units
POA = Power of Attorney
POS = Plan of Care
PPC = Pediatric Pulmonary Centers
PS = Protective Service
PSC = Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
PSL = Protective Service Liaison
PSW = Protective Service Worker
PT = Physical Therapy
PTSD = Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PVL = PeriVentricular Leukomalacia
PWD = People With Disabilities
QMRP = Qualified Mental Retardation Professional
r14 = Chromosome 14 Ring
r15 = Chromosome 15 Ring
r18 = Chromosome 18 Ring
r21 = Chromosome 21 Ring
r22 = Chromosome 22 Ring
r4 = Chromosome 4 Ring
r6 = Chromosome 6 Ring
r9 = Chromosome 9 Ring
RA = rheumatoid arthritis
RC = Rehabilitation Council
RCC = Renal Cell Carcinoma
RDF = Renal Dialysis Facility
REHAB = Rehabilitation
REMIS = Renal Management Information System
RERC = Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
RESNA = Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America
RESP = Respite
RFC = Request for Comments
RFI = Request for Information
RFP = Request for Proposal
RFQ = Request for Quotation
RFR = Request for Response
RN = Registered Nurse
RPA = Renal Physicians Association
RRTC = Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
RSA = Rehabilitation Services Administration
RSDS = Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
RSF = Renal Services Facility
RSS = Russell-Silver syndrome
RT = Recreation Therapist
RTG = Research and Training Grant
RTOI = Research Topic of Interest
RWJF = Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
RX = Treatment/Prescription
SARRTP = Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program
SB = Spina Bifida
SBIR = Small Business Innovative Research
SC = Serpiginous Choroiditis
SC = Sydenham's Chorea
SCC = Squamous Cell Carcinoma
SCD = Subacute Cerebellar Degeneration
SCI = Spinal Cord Injury
SCIL = Southeast Center for Independent Living
SDA = Service Delivery Area
SHCA = Supportive Home Care Aide
SHCN = Special Health Care Need
SHCP = State Home Care Program
SHHH = Self Help for Hard of Hearing
SHINE = Serving Health Insurance Needs of the Elderly
SHIP = Statewide Head Injury Program
SIB = Self-Injurious Behavior
SID = Sensory Integration Disorder
SIDS = Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SILC = Statewide Independent Living Council
SIPP = Survey of Income and Program Participation
SLA = Service Level Agreement
SLI = Supported Living
SLP = Speech Language Pathologist
SLP = Supported Living Program
SMDA = State Medicaid Directors Association
SMG = State Medicaid Group
SMM = State Medicaid Manual
SMRF = State Medicaid Research Files
SMURF = State Medicaid Uniform Research File
SN = Skilled Nursing
SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SNF = Skilled Nursing Facility
SOMA = Special Olympics Massachusetts
SPAN = Special Needs Advocacy Network
SPED = Special Education
SS = Social Security
SSA = Social Security Administration
SSDI = Supplemental Security Disability Income
SSDI = Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI = Supplemental Security Income
SSRI = Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
ST = Speech Therapy/Street
SW = Social Worker
SWS = Sturge-Weber Syndrome
TA = Takayasu Arteritis
TAC = Transitional Advisory Committee
TAD = Transient Acantholytic Dermatosis
TAO = Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger's Disease)
TAP = Transition Assistance Program
TASH = The Association for persons with Severe Handicaps
TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD = Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
TEACCH = Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped CHildren
TENS = Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
TILL = Toward Independent Living and Learning
TJTC = Targeted Job Tax Credit
TM14 = Trisomy Mosaic Chromosome 14
TMJ = Temporomandibular Joints
TMR = Transmyocardial Revascularization
TPC = Transition Planning Committee
TTW = Ticket to Work
TTY = Teletypewriter
TWWIIA = Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
UAP = University Affiliated Program
UC = Ulcerative Colitis
UCEDD = University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
UCEDD = University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
UCP = United Cerebral Palsy
UCPMA = United Cerebral Palsy of Massachusetts
UMMS = University of Massachusetts Medial School
UPL = (Medicaid) Upper Payment Limit
VA = Veteran's Administration
VAF = Voluntary Assent Form
VCFS = Velo-Cardio-Facial-Syndrome
VNA = Visiting Nurses Association
VR = Vocational Rehabilitation
VSA = Very Special Arts
W3C = World Wide Web Consortium
WAI = Web Accessibility Initiative
WAIS = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
WHO = World Health Organization
WIC = Women, Infants and Children
WID = World Institute on Disability
WISC = Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
WISQARS = Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
XP = Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Acronyms Information

These acronyms are related to disabilities and/or disability related programs, services, professionals or agencies serving Massachusetts, the nation or the world. There should be none that are specific to states other than Massachusetts or countries other than the United States.