ASA SB | DEFINITIONS OF COMMONLY USED TERMS IN THE AUTISM COMMUNITY

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DEFINITIONS OF COMMONLY USED TERMS IN THE AUTISM COMMUNITY

Autism and Disability Related Acronyms
Agency Abbreviations
Testing Acronyms
Email Acronyms

Acronyms

Definition

Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavioral therapy

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Average Daily Attendance

Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Auditory Integration Therapy

Auditory Processing Disorder

Adapted Physical Education

Asperger's Syndrome

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

A person with Asperger's Syndrome

Blood Brain Barrier

Behavioral Disorder

Community Advisory Committee

Central Auditory Processing Disorder

Checklist for Autism in Toddlers

Cod Liver Oil

Central Nervous System

Cerebral Palsy

Committee for Special Education

Child Study Team

Developmental Disabilities

Developmental Disorder

Developmentally Handicapped

Direct Instruction

DiMethylGlycine-See also TMG

Down's Syndrome

Diagnostic Statistical Manual

Diagnostic Statistical Manual (Revised)

Discrete Trial Training

Diagnosis, diagnosed

ElectroConvulsive Therapy (electroshock)

California Education Code

Emotionally Disturbed

ElectroCardioGram

ElectroEncephaloGram

Essential Fatty Acids

Emotionally Handicapped

Early Intervention

Educable Mentally Handicapped

Exceptional Student Education

Extended School Year

Free Appropriate Public Education

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Facilitated Communication

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

Fragile X Syndrome

Family Support Plan

Gluten Free Casein Free

High Functioning Autism

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Individuals with Disabilities Act

Amendments to IDEA 1997

Individualized Education Plan

Individualized Family Service Plan

for children from birth to 2.11 years of age

Individualized Habilitation Program

Independent Living (support group)

Impairment-Related Work Expense

Intelligence Quotient

Learning Disability, Learning Disabled

Local Education Agency

Language-based Learning Disability

Least Restrictive Environment

Landau Kleffner Syndrome

Manic Depression (Bipolar depression)

Multidisciplinary Team

Teacher, SLP, OT, psych and Parents! Used in reference to the group of individuals who are a part of development and implementation of an IEP.

Mentally Handicapped

Mentally Retarded (IQ less than 70)

Mental Retardation

Multi-system developmental disorder

Neurobiological Disorder

Not Diagnosed with Anything

Not Otherwise Defined

Often appears alot with DX by psychologists.

Not Otherwise Specified

Usually seen as PDD-NOS

Not of Specific Origin

Neurologically Typical

Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder

Oppositional Conduct Disorder

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Occupational Therapist or therapy

Protection & Advocacy

Pervasive Developmental Disorder

Parent Advisory Committee

Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified

Picture Exchange Communication System

Positron Emission Tomography

Pivotal Response Training

Program Specialist

Physical Therapist or Therapy

Precision Teaching

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Resource Specialist

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Severe Behavior Handicap

Special Day Class

Severely Emotionally Disturbed

Self-injurious behavior

Speech Language Pathologist

SuperNu Thera

by Kirkman Labs

Sped Special Education

Supplemental Security Income

Social Security Disability Income

Special Education Local Plan Area

TriMethylGlycine

Tourette Syndrome

Verbal Behavioral Analysis

American Medical Association

Autism Network International

Autism Network International - The listserv (mailing list)

Association of Retarded Citizens

Autism Research Institute

Autism Research Review International

Quarterly publication from the ARI ASA Autism Society of America

Cure Autism Now

Client Assistance Program

Administered by the Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services; provides info and assistance to individuals seeking services under the Rehabilitation Act

California Children's Services

Council of Exception Children

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

Defeat Autism Now!

A project of the Autism Research Institute

Educational Resources Information Center

A computer database of educational information

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

National Alliance for Autism Research

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

NeuroImmune Deficiency Syndrome

National Institute of Health

National Institute of Mental Health

Social Security Administration

Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Disorders

United Autism Alliance

Aberrant Behavior Checklist

Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist

Age Equivalent

Boehm Test of Basic Concepts

Chronological Age

Childhood Autism Rating Scale

Children's Apperception Test

Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist

Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals

Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing

Draw a Person

Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test

Grade Equivalent

Gray Oral Reading Test, third Edition

Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination

House-Tree-Person

Kaufman Test of Educationa Acheivement

Lindamood Test of Auditory Conceptualization

Leiter International Performance Scale

Language Processing Test

Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory

Minniesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents

Normal Curve Equivalent

Peabody Individual Acheivement Test

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Revised

Percentile Rank

Stanine

Stanford-Binet Test

Standard Deviation

Standard Score

Thematic Apperception Test

Test of Minimal Articulation Competence

Test of Language Development, third edition

Test of Written Language

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales

Visual-Motor Integration Test

Weschler Individual Acheivement Test

Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children Test

Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement

Wide Range Acheivement Test

Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests - Revised

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