ADA Acronyms & Abbreviations

A

• AAPD – American Association of People with Disabilities
• ABA – Architectural Barriers Act
• ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
• ADAAG – Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines
• ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
• AIM – Accessible Instructional Materials Center; see also NIMAS
• APH – American Printing House for the Blind
• ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ASL – American Sign Language
• AT – Assistive Technology

C

• CAST – Center for Applied Special Technology

D

• DOE – U.S. Department of Education or U.S. Department of Energy
• DOI – U.S. Department of the Interior
• DOJ – U.S. Department of Justice
• DOL – U.S. Department of Labor
• DOT – U.S. Department of Transportation
• DREDF – Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
• DSL – Digital Subscriber Line

E

• E&IT – Electronic and Information Technology
• ED – U.S. Department of Education
• EEO – Equal Employment Opportunity
• EEOC – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

F

• FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions
• FCC – Federal Communications Commission
• FMLA – Family Medical Leave Act

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

I

• IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• IT – Information Technology

K

• K-12 – Kindergarten through 12th Grade (United States)

L

• LEA – Local Educational Agency

N

• NCA – National Center on Accessibility
• NCAC – National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
• NCD – National Council on Disability
• NIDRR – National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• NIMAC – National Instructional Materials Access Center
• NIMAS – National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard; see also AIM

O

• ODEP – Office of Disability Employment Policy
• OFCCP – Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

P

• PDF – Portable Document Format
• PSA – Public Service Announcement

R

• RESNA – Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America

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
• 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
• WAI – Web Accessibility Initiative
• WCAG – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines