Find acronyms and abbreviations related to disability, technology and law in this ADA Acronyms & Abbreviations page or visit our ADA Glossary of Terms [2] or Search Dictionary Resources. Related links provided where appropriate. (Shortcut letter links listed only if there are words that start with that letter.)
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A B C D E F H I K L N O P R S T U V W
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A
- AAPD – American Association of People with Disabilities [8]
- ABA – Architectural Barriers Act [9]
- ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act [10]
- ADAAG – Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines [11]
- ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
- AIM – Accessible Instructional Materials Center [12]; see also NIMAS
- APH – American Printing House for the Blind [13]
- ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASL – American Sign Language
- AT – Assistive Technology
C
- CAST – Center for Applied Special Technology [14]
D
- DOE – U.S. Department of Education [15] or U.S. Department of Energy [16]
- DOI – U.S. Department of the Interior [17]
- DOJ – U.S. Department of Justice [18]
- DOL – U.S. Department of Labor [19]
- DOT – U.S. Department of Transportation [20]
- DREDF – Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund [21]
- DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
E
- E&IT – Electronic and Information Technology
- ED – U.S. Department of Education [15]
- EEO – Equal Employment Opportunity
- EEOC – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [22]
F
- FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions
- FCC – Federal Communications Commission [23]
- FMLA – Family Medical Leave Act [24]
H
- HCO – Hearing Carry-Over
- HOH – Hard-of-Hearing
- HR – Human Resources
- HTML – HyperText Markup Languague
- HUD – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [25]
I
- IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [26]
- IT – Information Technology
K
- K-12 – Kindergarten through 12th Grade (United States)
L
- LEA – Local Educational Agency
N
- NCA – National Center on Accessibility [27]
- NCAC – National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
- NCD – National Council on Disability [28]
- NIDRR – National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research [29]
- NIMAC – National Instructional Materials Access Center [30]
- NIMAS – National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard [12]; see also AIM
O
- ODEP – Office of Disability Employment Policy [31]
- OFCCP – Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs [32]
P
- PDF – Portable Document Format
- PSA – Public Service Announcement
R
S
- SEA – State Educational Agency
- SMIL – Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
- STS – Speech-To-Speech
T
- TDD – Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
- TRS – Telecommunications Relay Services [34]
- TTY – Teletype writer or text telephone (telecommunications device for the hearing impaired)
U
- UD – Universal Design
- UDL – Universal Design for Learning
- US or U.S. – United States
V
- V – Voice (commonly used in conjunction with TTY as V/TTY)
- VCO – Voice Carry-Over
- VRS – Video Relay Services
W
- W3C – World Wide Web Consortium [35]
- WAI – Web Accessibility Initiative [36]
- WCAG – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines [37]
This page content originally developed by the Southeast ADA Center [38].