A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| A | [back to top] |
| AAC | Augmentative or Alternative Communication |
| ACOA | Adult Child of an Alcoholic |
| AD | Alzheimer's Disease |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AGA | Appropriate for Gestational Age |
| AI | Auditory Impairment |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AK | Above the Knee |
| ALD | Adreneanoleukodystrophy |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) |
| ANS | Autonomic Nervous System |
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| B | [back to top] |
| BD | Behavior Disorder |
| BEH | Behaviorally/Emotionally Handicapped |
| BH | Behaviorally Handicapped |
| BK | Below the Knee |
| BPD | Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia |
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| C | [back to top] |
| CAPD | Central Auditory Processing Disorder |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| CDH | Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia |
| CF | Cystic Fibrosis |
| CFS | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| CHD | Congenital Heart Disease or Congenital Hip Dysplasia |
| CI | Cognitively Impaired |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus Infection |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CP | Cerebral Palsy |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
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| D | [back to top] |
| DAC | Disabled Adult Child |
| DB | Deaf Blind |
| DD | Developmental Disability or Developmental Delay |
| DH | Developmentally Handicapped |
| DS | Down Syndrome |
| E | [back to top] |
| EBD | Emotional/Behavioral Disorder |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| ED | Emotionally Disturbed (same as EH) |
| EH | Emotionally Handicapped (same as ED) |
| EI | Environmental Illness or Emotional Impairment |
| EMD | Educable Mentally Disabled (same as EMH) |
| EMH | Educable Mentally Handicapped (same as EMR) |
| EMR | Educable Mentally Retarded (same as EMH) |
| EQ | Emotional Quotient |
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| F | [back to top] |
| FAE | Fetal Alcohol Effects |
| FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| FHR | Fetal Heart Rate |
| FTT | Failure to Thrive |
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| G | [back to top] |
| GERD | Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| GT/LD | Gifted and Talented and Learning Disabled |
| G-TUBE | Gastroesophageal Tube (feeding tube) |
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| H | [back to top] |
| HASCI | Head and Spinal Cord Injury |
| HD | Hearing Disabled (same as HH) |
| HFA | High Functioning Autism |
| HH | Hearing Handicapped or Hard of Hearing (same as HD) |
| HI | Hearing Impaired or Health Impaired |
| HIV | Human ImmunoDeficiency Virus |
| HOH | Hard of Hearing |
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| I | [back to top] |
| IBD | Inflammatory Bowel Diseases |
| ID | Immune Deficiency |
| IED | Intermittent Explosive Disorder |
| IH | Infantile Hydrocephalus |
| IUGR | Intrauterine Growth Retardation |
| IV | Intravenous |
| IVH | Intraventricular Hemorrhage |
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| K | [back to top] |
| KTW | Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome |
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| L | [back to top] |
| LBW | Low Birth Weight |
| LD | Learning Disabled |
| LFA | Low Functioning Autism |
| LKS | Landau-Kleffler Syndrome |
| LP | Little People/Little Person (Dwarfism) |
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| M | [back to top] |
| MBD | Minimal Brain Dysfunction |
| MCS | Multiple Chemical Sensitivities |
| MD | Muscular Dystrophy or Macular Degeneration |
| MH | Mentally Handicapped or Mental Health |
| MI | Mental Impairment or Mental Illness |
| MMH | Mild-Moderate Mentally Impaired |
| MR | Mental Retardation |
| MS | Multiple Sclerosis |
| MSDD | Multi-Sensory Developmental Delays |
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| N | [back to top] |
| NAS | Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
| NDA | No Diagnosis of Anything |
| NEC | Necrotizing Enterocolitis |
| NF | Neurofibromatosis |
| NLD | Nonverbal Learning Disability |
| NTD | Neural Tube Defect |
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| O | [back to top] |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| OD | Orthopedically Disabled (same as OH) |
| ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| OH | Orthopedically Handicapped (same as OD) |
| OHI | Other Health Impaired |
| OI | Osteogenesis Imperfecta or Orthopedic Impairment |
| OM | Otitis Media |
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| P | [back to top] |
| PDD | Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
| PDD/NOS | Pervasive Developmental Disorder, not otherwise specified |
| PH | Physical Handicapped |
| PI | Physical Impairment |
| PKU | Phenylketonuria |
| PMD | Profound Mentally Disabled (same as PMH) |
| PMH | Profoundly Mentally Handicapped (same as PMR) |
| PMR | Profoundly Mentally Retarded (same as PMH) |
| PPD | Pervasive Personality Disorder |
| PPS | Post Polio Syndrome |
| PTSD | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PWS | Prader-Willi Syndrome |
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| R | [back to top] |
| RDS | Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| RP | Retinitis Pigmentosa |
| RSD | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy |
| RSD/CRPS | Complex Regional Pain Syndrome |
| ROP | Retinopathy of Prematurity |
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| S | [back to top] |
| SB | Spina Bifida |
| SBS | Shaken Baby Syndrome |
| SCI | Spinal Cord Injury |
| SGA | Small for Gestational Age |
| SIDS | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
| SIS | Shaken Infant Syndrome |
| SLD | Specific Learning Disability or Speech-Language Disabled |
| SLH | Speech-Language Handicapped (same as SLD) |
| SMA | Spinal Muscular Atrophy |
| SWS | Sturge-Weber Syndrome |
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| T | [back to top] |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TD | Tardive Dyskinesia |
| TMD | Trainable Mentally Disabled (same as TMH) |
| TMH | Trainable Mentally Handicapped (same as TMR) |
| TMR | Trainable Mentally Retarded (same as TMD) |
| TS | Tourette Syndrome |
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| U | [back to top] |
| URI | Upper Respiratory Infection |
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
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| V | [back to top] |
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| VCFS | Velo-Cardio-Facial-Syndrome |
| VD | Visually Disabled (same as VH) |
| VH | Visually Handicapped |
| VI | Visual Impairment |
| VLBW | Very Low Birth Weight |
| VCD | Ventral Septal Defect |