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| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| A |
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| 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 |
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| BD |
Behavior Disorder |
| BEH |
Behaviorally/Emotionally Handicapped |
| BH |
Behaviorally Handicapped |
| BK |
Below the Knee |
| BPD |
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia |
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| C |
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| 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 |
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| DAC |
Disabled Adult Child |
| DB |
Deaf Blind |
| DD |
Developmental Disability or Developmental Delay |
| DH |
Developmentally Handicapped |
| DS |
Down Syndrome |
| E |
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| 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 |
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| FAE |
Fetal Alcohol Effects |
| FAS |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| FHR |
Fetal Heart Rate |
| FTT |
Failure to Thrive |
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| G |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| KTW |
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome |
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| L |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| URI |
Upper Respiratory Infection |
| UTI |
Urinary Tract Infection |
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| V |
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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 |