ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADL Activities of Daily Living (daily tasks required for self-care; eating, dressing)

APE Adapted Physical Education

ARD Admission, Review and Dismissal Meeting (in some states)

AT Assistive Technology (any device or product that improves the functioning ability of a child)

AS Asperger’s Syndrome

BD Behavioral Disorder

CA Chronological Age

CD Conduct Disorder

CF Cystic Fibrosis

CHI Closed Head Injury

CP Cerebral Palsy

DD Developmental Delay

ED Emotional Disorder

EI Early Intervention

EQ Emotional Quotient

ESY Extended School Year (extension of special services beyond the 180 day school year)

FAPE Free, appropriate public education (guaranteed by IDEA)

HFA High Functioning Autism

HI Hearing Impaired

HH Hard-of-Hearing

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP Individualized Educational Plan

IFSP Individual Family Service Plan (for children 0 — 3 years)

ISP Individual Service Plan

IPE Individual Plan for Employment

IL Intellectual Limitation

IQ Intelligence Quotient

LD Learning Disabled

LSS Local School System (formerly called LEA, Local Educational Agency)

MA Mental Age

MD Muscular Dystrophy

MR Mental Retardation

OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OH Orthopedic Handicap

OHI Other Health Impaired

OT Occupational Therapy

PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PS Partially Sighted

PT Physical Therapy

RTI Response to Intervention

SEA State Educational Agency

SED Serious Emotional Disorder

SELD Social Emotional Learning Disorder

SLD Specific Learning Disability

SSI Supplemental Security Income

TBI Traumatic Brain Injury

TDD Telecommunication for the Deaf

TS Tourette’s Syndrome

VI Visual Impairment