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Condition and Disease Related Acronyms 

 

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AACAugmentative or Alternative Communication
ACOAAdult Child of an Alcoholic
ADAlzheimer's Disease
ADDAttention Deficit Disorder
ADHDAttention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder
AGAAppropriate for Gestational Age
AIAuditory Impairment
AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AKAbove the Knee
ALDAdreneanoleukodystrophy
ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
ANSAutonomic Nervous System
 
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BDBehavior Disorder
BEHBehaviorally/Emotionally Handicapped
BHBehaviorally Handicapped
BKBelow the Knee
BPDBronchopulmonary Dysplasia
 
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CAPDCentral Auditory Processing Disorder
CBCComplete Blood Count
CDHCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
CFCystic Fibrosis
CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
CHDCongenital Heart Disease or Congenital Hip Dysplasia
CICognitively Impaired
CMVCytomegalovirus Infection
CNSCentral Nervous System
CPCerebral Palsy
CSFCerebrospinal Fluid
 
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DACDisabled Adult Child
DBDeaf Blind
DDDevelopmental Disability or Developmental Delay
DHDevelopmentally Handicapped
DSDown Syndrome
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EBDEmotional/Behavioral Disorder
ECGElectrocardiogram
EDEmotionally Disturbed (same as EH)
EHEmotionally Handicapped (same as ED)
EIEnvironmental Illness or Emotional Impairment
EMDEducable Mentally Disabled (same as EMH)
EMHEducable Mentally Handicapped (same as EMR)
EMREducable Mentally Retarded (same as EMH)
EQEmotional Quotient
 
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FAEFetal Alcohol Effects
FASFetal Alcohol Syndrome
FHRFetal Heart Rate
FTTFailure to Thrive
 
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GERDGastroesophageal Reflux Disease
GIGastrointestinal
GT/LDGifted and Talented and Learning Disabled
G-TUBEGastroesophageal Tube (feeding tube)
 
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HASCIHead and Spinal Cord Injury
HDHearing Disabled (same as HH)
HFAHigh Functioning Autism
HHHearing Handicapped or Hard of Hearing (same as HD)
HIHearing Impaired or Health Impaired
HIVHuman ImmunoDeficiency Virus
HOHHard of Hearing
 
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IBDInflammatory Bowel Diseases
IDImmune Deficiency
IEDIntermittent Explosive Disorder
IHInfantile Hydrocephalus
IUGRIntrauterine Growth Retardation
IVIntravenous
IVHIntraventricular Hemorrhage
 
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KTWKlippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome
 
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LBWLow Birth Weight
LDLearning Disabled
LFALow Functioning Autism
LKSLandau-Kleffler Syndrome
LPLittle People/Little Person (Dwarfism)
 
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MBDMinimal Brain Dysfunction
MCSMultiple Chemical Sensitivities
MDMuscular Dystrophy or Macular Degeneration
MHMentally Handicapped or Mental Health
MIMental Impairment or Mental Illness
MMHMild-Moderate Mentally Impaired
MRMental Retardation
MSMultiple Sclerosis
MSDDMulti-Sensory Developmental Delays
 
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NASNeonatal Abstinence Syndrome
NDANo Diagnosis of Anything
NECNecrotizing Enterocolitis
NFNeurofibromatosis
NLDNonverbal Learning Disability
NTDNeural Tube Defect
 
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OCDObsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODOrthopedically Disabled (same as OH)
ODDOppositional Defiant Disorder
OHOrthopedically Handicapped (same as OD)
OHIOther Health Impaired
OIOsteogenesis Imperfecta or Orthopedic Impairment
OMOtitis Media
 
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PDDPervasive Developmental Disorder
PDD/NOSPervasive Developmental Disorder, not otherwise specified
PHPhysical Handicapped
PIPhysical Impairment
PKUPhenylketonuria
PMDProfound Mentally Disabled (same as PMH)
PMHProfoundly Mentally Handicapped (same as PMR)
PMRProfoundly Mentally Retarded (same as PMH)
PPDPervasive Personality Disorder
PPSPost Polio Syndrome
PTSDPost Traumatic Stress Disorder
PWSPrader-Willi Syndrome
 
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RDSRespiratory Distress Syndrome
RPRetinitis Pigmentosa
RSDReflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
RSD/CRPSComplex Regional Pain Syndrome
ROPRetinopathy of Prematurity
 
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SBSpina Bifida
SBSShaken Baby Syndrome
SCISpinal Cord Injury
SGASmall for Gestational Age
SIDSSudden Infant Death Syndrome
SISShaken Infant Syndrome
SLDSpecific Learning Disability or Speech-Language Disabled
SLHSpeech-Language Handicapped (same as SLD)
SMASpinal Muscular Atrophy
SWSSturge-Weber Syndrome
 
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TBTuberculosis
TBITraumatic Brain Injury
TDTardive Dyskinesia
TMDTrainable Mentally Disabled (same as TMH)
TMHTrainable Mentally Handicapped (same as TMR)
TMRTrainable Mentally Retarded (same as TMD)
TSTourette Syndrome
 
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URIUpper Respiratory Infection
UTIUrinary Tract Infection
 
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VCFSVelo-Cardio-Facial-Syndrome
VDVisually Disabled (same as VH)
VHVisually Handicapped
VIVisual Impairment
VLBWVery Low Birth Weight
VCDVentral Septal Defect