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ADA Acronyms & Abbreviations [1]

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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  • <> Dictionary Resources to Search
    • Acronym Finder [3]
    • Dictionary.com [4]
    • Disability and Human Resources (HR): Glossary, Checklists, Articles, & Resources [5]
    • Everybody's Legal Glossary from Nolo Press [6]
    • Legal Dictionaries and Legal Terms Resources [7]

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

  • RESNA – Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America [33]

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].


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[1] https://adata.org/acronyms-abbreviations
[2] https://adata.org/glossary-terms
[3] https://www.acronymfinder.com
[4] https://www.dictionary.com/
[5] https://www.hrtips.org:443/
[6] http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm
[7] http://www.expertlaw.com/links/legal_dictionary.html
[8] https://www.aapd.com/
[9] https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-aba-standards
[10] https://www.ada.gov/pubs/ada.htm
[11] https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/113-ada-standards/background/adaag
[12] https://aem.cast.org
[13] https://www.aph.org/
[14] https://www.cast.org/
[15] http://www.ed.gov
[16] https://www.energy.gov/
[17] https://www.doi.gov
[18] https://www.ada.gov/
[19] https://www.dol.gov/
[20] https://www.transportation.gov/
[21] https://dredf.org/
[22] http://www.eeoc.gov
[23] https://www.fcc.gov/
[24] https://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/
[25] https://www.hud.gov/
[26] https://sites.ed.gov/idea/
[27] http://www.ncaonline.org
[28] https://ncd.gov/
[29] https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html?src=mr
[30] https://www.nimac.us/
[31] https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep
[32] https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp
[33] https://www.resna.org/
[34] https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs
[35] https://www.w3.org
[36] https://www.w3.org/WAI/
[37] https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php
[38] https://www.adasoutheast.org/