ABBREVIATIONS

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 A  

• ACLU  American Civil Liberties Union

• ADA  Americans with Disabilities Act

• ADD  Attention Deficit Disorder

• ADHD  Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

• AHCPR  Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

• AIDS  Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

• ALS  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

• APS  Adult Protective Services

• ARC  formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens

• ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder

  B   

• BSS  Board of Social Services

  C   

• CAP  Consumer Assistance Program

• CBVI  Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NJ)

• CDCP  Center for Disease Control and Prevention

• CHLP  Community Health Law Project

• CMS  Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

• CNA  Certified Nursing Assistant

• COMHCO  Coalition of Mental Health Consumers Organizations

• COSAC  Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community, Inc.

• CP  Cerebral Palsy

 D   

• DD  Developmental Disability

• DDD  Division of Developmental Disabilities (NJ)

• DDS  Division of Disability Services (NJ)

• DHS  Department of Human Services (NJ)

• DHSS   Department of Health and Senior Services

• DOE  Department of Education

• DOJ  Department of Justice

• DVRS  Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (NJ)

  E 

• EEOC  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (US)

• EPVA  Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association

  F  

• FCC  Federal Communications Commission

 H   

• HI  Hearing Impaired

• HIV  Human Immunodeficiency Virus

• HRFA  Health Resources and Services Administration (US)

• HUD  Housing &  Urban Development

  I   

• IDEA  Individuals with  Disabilities Education Act

• IEP  Individual Education Plan

• IFSP  Individualized  Family Service y Plan

  M   

• MD  Muscular Dystrophy

• MDA  Muscular Dystrophy Association

• MR  Mental Retardation

• MS  Multiple Sclerosis

  N   

• NAMI  National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

• NI  Neurologically Impaired

• NICHCY  National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

• NJCFSA  New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association

• NJP&A  New Jersey Protection and Advocacy (N])

• NDSS  National Down Syndrome Society

  O   

• OCD  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• OC  Occupational Therapy

  P   

• PAAD  Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (NJ)

• PAIMI  Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness

• PAIR  Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights

• PAP  Pharmaceutical Assistance Program

• PASP  Personal Assistance Services Program

• PCA  Personal Care Attendant

• PDD-NOS  Pervasive. Developmental Disorder Not  Otherwise Specified

• PRO  Peer Review Organization

• PT  Physical Therapy

• PTSD  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

 R   

• REIC  Regional Early Intervention Collaborative

• RSD  Reflexive Sympathetic Dystrophy

 S   

• SCAHS  Special Child and Adult Health Services (N])

• SCI  Spinal Cord Injury

• SHIP  State Health Insurance Assistance Program

• SNAP  Special Needs Advocate for Parents

• SPAN  Statewide Parents Advocacy Network

• SSA  Social Security Administration

• SSDI  Social Security Disability Income

• SSI  Supplemental Security Income

 T   

• TARP  Technology Assistive Resource Program

• TBI  Traumatic Brain Injury

• TDD  Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

• TT  Text Telephone

• TTY  Teletypewriter

  U   

• UAP  University Affiliated Program

• UCPA  United Cerebral Palsy Association

 V   

• VA  Veterans' Administration

  W  

• WIC  Women, Infants, and Children