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Find definitions of words related to disability, technology and law in Acronyms & Abbreviations , Glossary of Terms 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 C D E F G H I K L N O P R S T U V W - Glossary of Terms
- Dictionary Resources
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
- 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
- CATEA – Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
D
- DBTAC – Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center; refer to DBTAC: National Network of ADA Centers.
- 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
- FCTD –Family Center on Technology and Disability
- FMLA – Family Medical Leave Act
G
- GLDBTAC – Great Lakes Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
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
O
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
- SEDBTAC – Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
- 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
