Information for People with Disabilities and the Elderly


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