Glossary of Disabilities terms meanings

Glossary of Disabilities terms meanings

 

A & a meaning A & d meaning A/r meaning Aamr meaning Aamr adaptive behavior scale meaning Aava meaning Abduction meaning Aberration meaning Abic meaning Abnormal behavior meaning Abr meaning Abruptio placenta meaning Abs meaning Absolute threshold meaning Abstract meaning Abstract intelligence/reasoning meaning Academic achievement meaning Academic disadvantaged meaning Acataphasia meaning Acceleration meaning Accepting assignment meaning Acch meaning Accident insurance meaning Accommodation meaning Accountability meaning Accreditation council (acd) meaning Acd meaning Acetaminophen meaning Achievement discrepancy meaning Acouesthesia meaning Acoupedic method meaning Acoustic meaning Acoustic aids meaning Acs meaning Acsw meaning Act meaning Acting out meaning Active range of motion meaning Activities of daily living (adl) meaning Activity group therapy meaning Acute meaning Acute lymphocytic leukemia (all) meaning Acute schizophrenia meaning Ada meaning Adaptive behavior meaning Adaptive behavior scale (abs) meaning Adaptive equipment meaning Adaptive fit meaning Adaptive learning environments program (alep) meaning Adaptive physical education meaning Adc meaning Add meaning Addiction meaning Adduction meaning Adhd meaning Adjudicated meaning Adjunctive dental care meaning Adjusted age meaning Adjustment disorder meaning Adl meaning Administrator meaning Adopted child meaning Adrenalin meaning Adult foster care (afc) meaning Adult service agencies meaning Adult services meaning Adventiciously deaf meaning Adventitious meaning Adventitious deaf-blindness meaning Advocate 1. Anyone who speaks or acts on behalf of oneself, another person, or a cause. See also meaning Advocate - friend meaning Aer meaning Afc meaning Afdc meaning Affect meaning Affective meaning Affective disorder meaning Afo's meaning Age appropriate meaning Agitation meaning Agonist meaning Aid to dependent children (adc) meaning Aid to families with dependent children (afdc) meaning Aided meaning Air-bone gap meaning Akathisia meaning Akinesia meaning Akinetic seizure meaning Alep meaning All meaning Alliance for the mentally ill (ami) meaning Amblyopia meaning Ambulatory meaning Amendment meaning Amendments to the education of the handicapped act, 1986 meaning American association on mental retardation (aamr) meaning American sign language (asl) meaning American speech-language-hearing association (asha) meaning Americans with disabilities act (ada) meaning Ameslan meaning Ami meaning Amniocentesis meaning Amnioscopy meaning Amniotic fluid meaning Amplifier meaning Amputations meaning Anemia meaning Anencephaly meaning Ankle-foot orthosis (afo's) meaning Anomaly meaning Anopthalmos meaning Anorexia nervosa meaning Anoxia meaning Antagonist meaning Anterior fontanel meaning Anthropometric measures meaning Anti-convulsants meaning Anti-rh gamma globulin (rhogam) meaning Antibiotic meaning Antibodies meaning Antigens meaning Antihistamines meaning Antiretroviral agents meaning Antisocial personality disorder meaning Anxiety meaning Anxiety disorders meaning Anxiety-withdrawal meaning Aorta meaning Ap meaning Apgar score meaning Aphasia meaning Apnea meaning Appeal meaning Appropriated funds meaning Approved program meaning Arc meaning Arc of sd (arc) meaning Arm fat area meaning Arm muscle area meaning Arsd meaning Arteriographic examination meaning Arthritis meaning Articulation meaning Articulation disabilities meaning Articulation disorders meaning Articulation errors meaning Asa meaning Asl meaning Asphyxia meaning Aspiration pneumonia meaning Assessment meaning Assessment team meaning Assimilation meaning Assistive device meaning Assistive technology meaning Associate advocates meaning Association for the care of children's health (acch) meaning Association of certified social workers (acsw) meaning Asthma meaning Astigmatism meaning Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (atnr) meaning At risk meaning Ataxia meaning Ataxic syndrome meaning Atc meaning Athetosis meaning Atlantoaxial instability meaning Atnr meaning Atonia meaning Atresia meaning Atrophy meaning Atropinization meaning Attendance meaning Attending meaning Attending behavior meaning Attending physician meaning Attention meaning Attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (add, adhd) meaning Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) meaning Attention deficit disorder (add) meaning Audiogram meaning Audiology meaning Audiometer meaning Auditory meaning Auditory association meaning Auditory blending meaning Auditory brainstem response (abr) meaning Auditory closure meaning Auditory cortex meaning Auditory discrimination meaning Auditory evoked potentials measurement meaning Auditory figure ground meaning Auditory global method meaning Auditory memory and sequencing meaning Auditory perception meaning Auditory processing meaning Auditory-oral meaning Augmentative communication meaning Aura meaning Aural meaning Aural-oral meaning Auricle meaning Auropalpebral reflex (apr) meaning Authorized provider meaning Autism meaning Autistic meaning Automatic phasic bite release pattern meaning Autosomal dominant trait meaning Autosomal recessive trait meaning Autosome meaning Avoidant disorder meaning Awareness of sound meaning Babbling meaning Babinski reflex meaning Bacterial meningitis meaning Bagging meaning Ballismus meaning Barium swallow study (modified) meaning Barrier-free facility meaning Basic-skills approach meaning Batten disease meaning Battery meaning Bayley mental scale meaning Bd meaning Beer meaning Behavior checklists meaning Behavior disorder (bd) meaning Behavior management/modification meaning Behavior modification meaning Behavioral contract meaning Behavioral manifestations meaning Behavioral observation audiometry (boa) meaning Behavioral play audiometry meaning Behavioral skills meaning Beliefs meaning Belly breathing meaning Bendex meaning Beneficiary meaning Benign meaning Beok food guards meaning Bia meaning Bilateral meaning Bilirubin meaning Binaural meaning Binaural hearing aids meaning Binet-simon scales meaning Biologically at risk meaning Bipolar disorder meaning Birth asphyxia meaning Bladder meaning Blind meaning Blind work expenses meaning Blocking meaning Boa meaning Board-certified psychiatrist meaning Board-eligible psychiatrist meaning Body alignment meaning Body awareness/scheme meaning Body hearing aid meaning Bolster meaning Bone-conduction hearing aid meaning Borderline personality disorder meaning Bpd meaning Brachial artery meaning Bradycardia meaning Braille meaning Braille teacher meaning Braillist meaning Brain injury meaning Brainstem meaning Brainstem auditory evoked response (baer) meaning Brainstem evoked response audiometry (bser) meaning Brand name medications meaning Brazelton scale meaning Breech presentation meaning Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (bpd) meaning Bruxism meaning Bser meaning Bte meaning Bulimia nervosa meaning Bumed meaning Buphthalmos meaning Bureau of indian affairs (bia) meaning Burn-out meaning Butyrophenones meaning Caliper meaning Can meaning Canal hearing aid meaning Cancer meaning Cap meaning Carbon dioxide meaning Carcinogen meaning Cardiac disorders meaning Career guidance and counseling meaning Casa meaning Case history meaning Case management activities meaning Case management meaning Case manager meaning Cassp meaning Cat scan meaning Cataract meaning Catarrhal deafness meaning Catatonic behavior meaning Catatonic excitement meaning Catatonic schizophrenia meaning Catatonic stupor meaning Ccd meaning Cda meaning Cdd meaning Cdr meaning Cec meaning Ceiling effects meaning Celiac disease meaning Center for developmental disabilities (cdd) meaning Center-based services meaning Central auditory processing meaning Central hearing loss meaning Central nervous system (cns) meaning Central nervous system disorders meaning Cephalo meaning Cephalocaudal meaning Cerebellum meaning Cerebral palsy (cp) meaning Cerebrum meaning Ceroid lipofuscinosis meaning Cf meaning Cfd meaning Cfme meaning Champus meaning Chd meaning Cheek/lip retraction meaning Chemotherapy meaning Chest physiotherapy meaning Chewing meaning Child abuse meaning Child and adolescent service system program (cassp) meaning Child and adolescent services system program (cassp) meaning Child development associate (cda) meaning Child development activities meaning Child find meaning Child neglect meaning Child protection (dp) meaning Child protective services (cps) meaning Child psychologist meaning Child study team (cst) meaning Child welfare meaning Child welfare agency meaning Childhood depression meaning Childhood schizophrenia meaning Children have a potential (chap) meaning Chopped fine meaning Chorea meaning Choreoathetosis meaning Choroid meaning Choroidoretinal degeneration meaning Chromosomal abnormalities meaning Chromosomes meaning Chronic meaning Chronic renal failure meaning Citizen advocacy meaning Citizen advocate meaning Civil rights meaning Claim meaning Claims processor meaning Clanging meaning Cleft lip and/or palate meaning Client assistance program (cap) meaning Clinical psychologist meaning Clinical reasoning meaning Clinical social worker meaning Clinical team meaning Clonus meaning Closed-caption meaning Cluttering meaning Cmhc meaning Cmi meaning Co-dependency meaning Co-payment meaning Cochlea meaning Cochlear implant meaning Cochlear implant meaning Codicil meaning Cognitive meaning Cola meaning Communication meaning Communication disorders meaning Communication services for the deaf (csd) meaning Community mental health center (cmhc) meaning Community support program (csp) meaning Community support system meaning Community supports meaning Community training services (cts) meaning Compensatory skills meaning Compulsion meaning Compulsive personality disorder meaning Computer-assisted instruction meaning Computerized axial tomography (cat scan) meaning Conceptual disorders meaning Concha meaning Concrete mode meaning Conditioned play audiometry meaning Conditioning meaning Conduct disorder meaning Conductive hearing loss meaning Confabulation meaning Confidentiality meaning Congenital meaning Congenital aphasia meaning Congenital blindness/adventitious deafness meaning Congenital deaf-blindness meaning Congenital deafness/adventitious blindness meaning Congenital deafness meaning Congenital hypothyroidism meaning Congenital rubella meaning Congenital syphilis meaning Conservatorship/guardianship meaning Constipation meaning Consultant meaning Consultation meaning Consulting teacher meaning Consultive services meaning Consumer and homemaker education meaning Content errors meaning Continuing disability review (cdr) meaning Continuum of placements meaning Contract meaning Contraction meaning Contracture meaning Contributing factors meaning Controlled, sustained bite meaning Conversion symptom meaning Convulsions meaning Cooperative care meaning Cooperative education meaning Cooperative learning meaning Coordination meaning Coordination of benefits meaning Coping strategies meaning Cornea meaning Correctional institution meaning Corri's organ meaning Cortical deafness meaning Cost-share meaning Council for exceptional children (cec) meaning Counseling meaning Countable income meaning Cp meaning Cps meaning Cranial nerves meaning Creative problem solving meaning Crib-o-gram meaning Criminal offender meaning Crippled children's division (ccd) meaning Crisis meaning Crisis advocacy meaning Crisis intervention meaning Criteria meaning Criterion-referenced assessment meaning Csd meaning Csp meaning Cst meaning Ct scan meaning Cts meaning Cued speech meaning Cultural labeling approach meaning Cultural pluralism meaning Cultural-familial meaning Curriculum materials meaning Curriculum specialist meaning Custodial care meaning Custom contoured (or molded) seating meaning Cut-out-cups meaning Cystic fibrosis (cf) meaning Cytomegalic inclusion meaning Cytomegalovirus (cmv) meaning Dac meaning Dai meaning Daily variability meaning Day care meaning Day school program meaning Day treatment meaning Dd meaning Ddd meaning Deaf meaning Deaf-blind meaning Dec meaning Deca meaning Decibel (db) meaning Decongestant meaning Decubitus ulcer meaning Deductible meaning Deeming meaning Deers meaning Defense enrollment eligibility reporting system (deers) meaning Defensive behavior meaning Deficit model meaning Delayed language meaning Delayed speech meaning Delinquent meaning Delirium meaning Delirium tremens meaning Delusion meaning Dementia meaning Denial meaning Dep meaning Department of education and cultural affairs (deca) meaning Department of social services (dss, ss) meaning Dependent (dep) meaning Dependent personality disorder meaning Depersonalization meaning Depressed meaning Devaluation meaning Development meaning Developmental meaning Developmental age meaning Developmental aphasia meaning Developmental assessment meaning Developmental disability (dd) meaning Developmental labeling approach meaning Developmental milestones meaning Developmental period meaning Developmental sequences meaning Developmental tests meaning Deviant meaning Dhhs meaning Dhs meaning Diabetes mellitus meaning Diagnosis meaning Revised) (dsm iiir) meaning Dialysis meaning Diarrhea meaning Dietition meaning Differentiated education meaning Digit meaning Diplepia meaning Diphtheria meaning Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dtp) meaning Direct audio input (dai) meaning Direct services meaning Directory information meaning Disability meaning Disabled meaning Disabled adult child (dac) meaning Disadvantaged meaning Disclosure meaning Discretionary meaning Disorder meaning Disorientation meaning Dispersed advocacy meaning Displaced homemakers meaning Distal meaning Distortion meaning Distractibility meaning Dme meaning Dodds meaning Doe meaning Domains meaning Double hemiplegia meaning Down syndrome meaning Drs meaning Dsm iii-r meaning Dsw meaning Dtp meaning Dual enrollment meaning Due process meaning Due process hearing meaning Durable medical equipment (dme) meaning Dvr meaning Dyadic relationship meaning Dyscalculia meaning Dysgraphia meaning Dyskinesia meaning Dyslexia meaning Dyslogomathia meaning Dysmanthia meaning Dysphagia meaning Dysphoric mood meaning Dystomia meaning Dystonia meaning Earhook meaning Early childhood specialist meaning Early childhood teacher meaning Early childhood education of the handicapped teacher meaning Early interventionists meaning Early, periodic, screening, diagnosis, and treatment program (epsdt) meaning Earmold meaning Earned income meaning Eating disorders meaning Ebd meaning Echolalia meaning Ecomap meaning Economically disadvantaged person meaning Ecosystem meaning Eczema meaning Ed meaning Ed.D. meaning Edema meaning Edp meaning Educability expectation meaning Educable meaning Education of all handicapped children act (eha) meaning Education records meaning Eeg meaning Efm or efmp meaning Ego meaning Ego-dystonic meaning Egocentrism meaning Eh meaning Eha meaning Elderly meaning Electroacoustic aids meaning Electroencephalogram (eeg) meaning Electromyogram meaning Electronic devices meaning Elevated mood meaning Eligibility meaning Eligible meaning Eligible expenses meaning Eligible recipient meaning Eligible student meaning Elimination period meaning Emotional disturbance (ed or sed) meaning Emotional/behavioral disorder (ebd) meaning Emotionally handicapped (eh) meaning Employability skills meaning Employment activities meaning Empowerment meaning Enabling meaning Encephalitis meaning Encopresis meaning Endocarditis meaning Endocrinologist meaning Endogenous meaning Endorsement meaning Enrichment meaning Enteral meaning Entitlement meaning Enuresis meaning Environment meaning Environment bias meaning Environmentally at risk meaning Eob meaning Eowpvt meaning Epe meaning Epephora meaning Epidemiology meaning Epilepsy meaning Epsdt meaning Equinus meaning Equipment distribution program (edp) meaning Estate meaning Esy meaning Ethnicity meaning Etiology meaning Euphoric mood meaning Eustachian tube meaning Euthymic mood meaning Evaluation meaning Evaluation criteria meaning Exaggerated tongue protrusion meaning Exceptional meaning Excess cost meaning Exchange transfusion meaning Executor/personal representative meaning Exogenous meaning Expansive mood meaning Explanation of benefits (eob) meaning Exploratory courses meaning Expressive (guide-) advocacy meaning Expressive aphasia meaning Expressive language disability/disorders meaning Expressive language meaning Expressive language skills meaning Expressive one-word picture vocabulary test (eowpvt) meaning Extended family meaning Extended period of eligibility (epe) meaning Extended school year (esy) meaning Extension meaning Extrapyramidal syndrome meaning Extremities meaning Eye contact meaning Facilitate meaning Fading meaning Failure to thrive (ftt) meaning Familial meaning Familial disease meaning Family meaning Family centered/focus model meaning Family counseling meaning Family development meaning Family educational rights and privacy act (ferpa) meaning Family focus interview meaning Family needs meaning Family resources meaning Family strengths meaning Family support programs/services meaning Family therapy meaning Family training meaning Fape meaning Fas meaning Fat meaning Fbr meaning Fc meaning Febrile seizure meaning Federal benefit rate (fbr) meaning Federal mandate meaning Feebleminded meaning Feedback meaning Fenestration meaning Ferpa meaning Fetal alcohol syndrome (fas) meaning Fetoscopy meaning Fibro-optic meaning Field of vision meaning Figure-ground discrimination meaning Fine motor meaning Fine motor development/skills meaning Finger stick meaning Fingerspelling meaning Fiscal year meaning Fixation meaning Flexed (flexion) meaning Flight of ideas meaning Floppy meaning Fluency meaning Fluency disabilities meaning Fm meaning Fm amplification system meaning Focal motor seizures meaning Folic acid meaning Food allergies meaning Food intolerances meaning Food textures meaning Forensic psychiatry meaning Form constancy meaning Form errors meaning Formal thought disorder meaning Foster care (fc) meaning Fragile x syndrome meaning Frames of reference meaning Fraternal twins meaning Free appropriate public education (fape) meaning Free-floating anxiety meaning Freedom of assembly and petition meaning Freedom of religion meaning Freedom of speech meaning Freedom of the press meaning Frejka pillow meaning Frequency modulation (fm) meaning Ftt meaning Functional meaning Functional academic curriculum meaning Functional activities meaning Functional age meaning Functional articulation disorders meaning Functional communication meaning Functional life/compensatory curriculum meaning Functional murmur meaning Fy meaning Gag reflex/response meaning Gain meaning Gait meaning Galactosemia meaning Gastroesophageal reflux (ger) meaning Gastroesophageal reflux scan meaning Gastrostomy tube (gt) meaning General conservatorship/guardianship meaning Generalization meaning Generic medications meaning Genes meaning Genetic counseling meaning Genetic counselor meaning Genetic screening meaning Geneticist meaning Genogram meaning Genotypes meaning Ger meaning German measles meaning Gestational age meaning Gestural systems meaning Gifted, creative, and talented meaning Gingival hyperplasia meaning Glaucoma meaning Glucose meaning Glycosuria meaning Goal meaning Grace period meaning Grand mal seizure meaning Grandiosity meaning Granuloma meaning Gravida meaning Gross motor meaning Ground meaning Gt, or g tube meaning Guaranteed renewable meaning Guardian meaning Guidance counselor meaning Guide-advocate meaning Gyri meaning H/cbs meaning Habilitation meaning Hallucination meaning Hamilton trust meaning Handedness meaning Handicap meaning Handicapping condition meaning Haptic meaning Hard signs meaning Hard-of-hearing meaning Has a record of such an impairment meaning Hba meaning Head circumference meaning Head start meaning Health meaning Health disorders meaning Health insurance meaning Health maintenance organization (hmo) meaning Hearing aid meaning Hearing impaired meaning Hearing impairment meaning Heart murmur meaning Hebephrenic schizophrenia meaning Heir meaning Hematocrit meaning Hemophilia meaning Hereditary meaning Hertz (hz) meaning Heterozygote meaning Hi meaning Hib meaning High frequency deafness meaning High risk register meaning High technology meaning High tone hypertonic meaning Histrionic personality disorder meaning Hiv meaning Hmd meaning Home and center-based services meaning Home/community based services (h/cbs) meaning Homemaker meaning Homeostasis meaning Human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) meaning Human rights meaning Hyaline membrane disease (hmd) meaning Hyperactivity meaning Hyperbilirubinemia meaning Hyperglycemia meaning Hyperkinetic meaning Hypermedia meaning Hypernasality meaning Hypertonia meaning Hypochondriasis meaning Hypoglycemia meaning Hypokinesis meaning Hyponasality meaning Hypoplasia meaning Hypotonia meaning Hypoxia meaning Hysterical deafness meaning Hz meaning I & r meaning Icfmr meaning Id meaning Id cards meaning Idea meaning Idea of reference meaning Idealization meaning Identical twins meaning Identity meaning Identity disorder meaning Iep meaning Iep goals and objectives meaning Ifsp meaning Ifsp outcomes meaning Ihp meaning Illogical thinking meaning Illusion meaning Imitate meaning Immaturity meaning Immediate family member meaning Immune system meaning Immunizations meaning Immunosuppression syndromes/diseases meaning Impairment meaning Impairment related work expense (irwe) meaning Implementation meaning Impulsivity meaning In utero meaning In-kind contributions meaning In-service training meaning In-the-canal hearing aid (itc) meaning In-the-ear hearing aid (ite) meaning Incidence meaning Incidental teaching meaning Include, such as meaning Incoherence meaning Income meaning Income beneficiary meaning Incompetency meaning Independence meaning Individual habilitation plan (ihp) meaning Individual labeling approach meaning Individual supports meaning Individualized educational program (iep) meaning Individualized family service plan (ifsp) meaning Individualized language plan (ilp) meaning Individualized written rehabilitation program (iwrp) meaning Industrial deafness meaning Industrial technology meaning Infant/developmental stimulation meaning Infantile meaning Infantile perseveration meaning Information processing meaning Informed consent meaning Insomnia meaning Institution meaning Institution of postsecondary education meaning Instrumental (guide) advocacy meaning Insulin meaning Insulin infusion pump meaning Insulin shock meaning Intellectualization meaning Intelligence quotient (iq) meaning Intelligibility meaning Interaction meaning Intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded (icfmr) meaning Intervention meaning Intervivos trust meaning Intonation meaning Intoxication meaning Intracerebral meaning Intracranial meaning Intraindividual meaning Intrauterine growth retardation (iugr) meaning Intravenous meaning Intraventricular meaning Intraventricular hemorrhage meaning Introspection meaning Intubation meaning Iq meaning Iris meaning Irrevocable trust meaning Irritable mood meaning Irwe meaning Isolation meaning Itinerant teacher meaning Iugr meaning Iwrp meaning Jargon meaning Jaundice meaning Jaw stabilization meaning Jaw thrusting meaning Jaw thrusting with retraction meaning Jaw thrusting with protrusion meaning Job coaching meaning Job preparatory programs meaning Job training partnership act (jtpa) meaning Jtpa meaning Judge advocate meaning Juvenile meaning Juvenile papilloma meaning Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis meaning Kernicterus meaning Ketoacidosis meaning Kinesthetic meaning Kurzwell reading machine meaning Labeling meaning Landau reflux meaning Language delay meaning Language development meaning Lapse meaning Laryngeal meaning Laryngeal webbing meaning Larynx meaning Laser cane meaning Latent schizophrenia meaning Laterality meaning Lcsw meaning Ld meaning Lea meaning Lead agency meaning Learning disability (ld) meaning Least restrictive alternative meaning Least restrictive environment (lre) meaning Legal advocacy meaning Legal rights meaning Legally blind meaning Length meaning Lens meaning Les meaning Lesion meaning Letter of intent meaning Leukemia meaning Lga meaning Liability insurance meaning Licensed clinical social worker (lcsw) meaning Life insurance meaning Limited english proficiency meaning Linear seating meaning Linkages meaning Lip pursing meaning Lip reading meaning Lip retraction meaning Listening response meaning Local education agency (lea) meaning Localization response meaning Lockjaw meaning Locu ceruleus meaning Loosening of associations meaning Low birth weight meaning Low tone deafness meaning Low tone hypotonic meaning Low vision meaning Low-vision specialist meaning Lower esophageal sphincter (les) meaning Lpa meaning Lre meaning Lymphocyte meaning Lymphoma meaning Ma meaning Macrocephaly meaning Magical thinking meaning Mainstream meaning Mainstream/no support program meaning Mainstream/support program meaning Mainstreaming meaning Major depressive episode meaning Major life activities meaning Major medical policy meaning Malignant meaning Malnutrition meaning Malocclusion meaning Managed care meaning Mandate meaning Manic meaning Manipulation meaning Manipulatives meaning Manual communication meaning Manual dexterity meaning Manually coded english meaning Maroon spoon meaning Master teacher meaning Maternal infection meaning Maternal malnutrition meaning Maternal rubella german measles meaning Maternity care meaning Maturation philosophy meaning Maximum power output meaning Mbd meaning Md meaning Mde meaning Mean length of utterance (mlu) meaning Measles meaning Measles, mumps, rubella vaccine (mmr) meaning Measurable objectives meaning Measurement bias meaning Meconium aspiration meaning Med meaning Medicaid meaning Medicaid covered service meaning Medicaid eligibility meaning Medicaid non-covered service meaning Medicaid provider meaning Medicaid recipient meaning Medical application meaning Medical assistance (ma) meaning Medical expense coverage meaning Medical improvement expected meaning Medical services meaning Medically necessary meaning Medicare meaning Melting pot meaning Member plans meaning Memory meaning Meningitis meaning Meningomyelocele meaning Mental age meaning Mental disorder meaning Mental health association (mha) meaning Mental illness meaning Mental or emotional disturbance (or disorder) (med) meaning Mental retardation (mr) meaning Mental status meaning Mental status examination meaning Mentally impaired/iii (mi) meaning Mentally retarded meaning Metabolic meaning Metabolic disorders/errors meaning Metastatic meaning Mha meaning Mi meaning Microencephaly meaning Microphone meaning Microphone-telecoil switch meaning Micropthalmos meaning Mid-arm circumference meaning Midline meaning Migrant program branch (mpb) meaning Minimum response levels meaning Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi or mmpi-2) meaning Minor meaning Minor motor seizures meaning Mirror writing meaning Misarticulation meaning Mixed meaning Mixed deafness/hearing loss meaning Mlu meaning Mmpi or mmpi-2 meaning Mmr meaning Mobility base meaning Modeling meaning Moderate learning and behavior disorders meaning Modular contoured seating meaning Modular seating systems meaning Mongolism meaning Monitoring meaning Mood meaning Mood-congruent psychotic features meaning Moro reflex meaning Morphology meaning Mosaicism meaning Motokinesthetic meaning Motor meaning Motor cortex meaning Motor development/skills meaning Motor planning/praxis meaning Mowat sensor meaning Mpb meaning Mph meaning Mr meaning Mr/dd meaning Msw meaning Multi-agency interdisciplinary committee meaning Multicultural education meaning Multidisciplinary evaluation/assessment (mde) meaning Multidisciplinary meaning Multihandicapped meaning Mumps meaning Munching meaning Muscular dystrophy (md) meaning Mutation meaning Myelomeningocele meaning Myoclonic seizure meaning Myopia meaning Myringoplasty meaning Myringotomy meaning Naeyc meaning Nami meaning Narcissistic personality disorder meaning Naric meaning Nasality meaning Nasdse meaning National alliance for the mentally ill (nami) meaning National association for the education of young children (naeyc) meaning National early childhood technical assistance system (nec*tas) meaning (nichcy or nicchy (both are used)) meaning National institute of mental health (nimh) meaning National institute on disability and rehabilitation research (nidrr) meaning National mental health association (nmha) meaning National rehabilitation information center (naric) meaning Natural environment meaning Nature vs. Nurture meaning Nectar liquids meaning Needs-based meaning Negativism meaning Neonatal meaning Neonatal seizures meaning Neonates meaning Nerve deafness meaning Neurocutaneous syndromes meaning Neurodevelopmental treatment approach (nta) meaning Neurofibromatosis (nf) meaning Neurological dysfunction/impairment meaning Neurologist meaning Neuromotor meaning Neuropsychologist meaning Neuroses meaning Neurotic disorder meaning Nf meaning Ng tube meaning Niccyh meaning Nichcy meaning Nicu meaning Nidrr meaning Nimh meaning Nmha meaning Noise suppression meaning Noise-induced deafness meaning Non-organis deafness meaning Non-categorical meaning Non-participating provider meaning Non-traditional meaning Nonavailability statement meaning Noncompliant/noncompliance meaning Nondiscriminatory and multidisciplinary assessment meaning Nondisjunction meaning Norm-referenced assessment meaning Normal meaning Normal reflexes meaning Normality meaning Normalization principle meaning Nta meaning Nurse practitioner meaning Nursing services meaning Nutrition assessment meaning Nutrition screening meaning Nutrition services meaning Nutritional supplements or therapy meaning Nystagmus meaning Obesity meaning Obsessions meaning Obstacles meaning Occlusion meaning Occupational deafness meaning Occupational therapy (ot) meaning Occupational therapist (ot) meaning Ocular meaning Ombudsmen meaning Omissions meaning Open classroom meaning Oppositional disorder meaning Optacon meaning Ophthalmologist meaning Ophthalmology meaning Optic atrophy meaning Optic nerve meaning Opv meaning Oral communication meaning Oral hypersensitivity meaning Oral motor meaning Organic murmur meaning Orientation meaning Orthopedic impairments meaning Orthopedics meaning Orthopedist meaning Orthopsychiatry meaning Osep meaning Osmolality meaning Ossicular chain meaning Other health impaired meaning Orthosis meaning Otitis media meaning Otolaryngologist meaning Otologist meaning Otology meaning Otosclerosis meaning Otoscope meaning Ototoxic drugs meaning Outcome meaning Outcome-based meaning Output range meaning Overanxious disorder meaning Overrepresented meaning Overvalued idea meaning Overweight meaning P & a meaning P.L. 94-142 meaning P.L. 96-272 meaning P.L. 99-319 meaning P.L. 99-457 meaning Pacer meaning Palmer grasp meaning Pamii meaning Panic attacks meaning Paperless brailler meaning Parachute reaction meaning Paralysis meaning Parameters of classification meaning Paranoia meaning Paranoid ideation meaning Paranoid personality disorder meaning Paranoid schizophrenia meaning Paraplegia meaning Parens patriae meaning Parent meaning Parent advocacy coalition for educational rights (pacer) meaning Parent information center (pic) meaning Parent training and information programs (or centers) (pti or pic) meaning Parent/child interaction meaning Parental successorship meaning Parenteral meaning Part h meaning Partially sighted meaning Participating provider meaning Pass meaning Passive meaning Passive range of motion meaning Passive-aggressive personality disorder meaning Pathology meaning Payor of last resort meaning Pcp meaning Pcrc meaning Pdd meaning Pe meaning Pe tubes meaning Peabody picture vocabulary test - revised (ppvt-r) meaning Pediatric rn meaning Peer buddies meaning Peer tutor meaning Perception meaning Perceptual disorders/handicaps meaning Performance feedback meaning Perinatal meaning Peripheral nervous system meaning Periventricular leukomalacia meaning Perseveration meaning Personal hearing aid meaning Personality meaning Personality disorders meaning Pertussis meaning Pervasive developmental disorder (pdd) meaning Petit mal seizures meaning Ph.D. meaning Phenothiazines meaning Phenylalanine meaning Phenylketonuria (pku) meaning Phobia meaning Phocomelia meaning Phonation meaning Phonic generalization meaning Phonological impairment meaning Phonology meaning Physical development meaning Physical disorders meaning Physical education (pe) meaning Physical or mental impairment meaning Physical therapist (pt) meaning Physical therapy (pt) meaning Pic meaning Pica meaning Pictures/photos meaning Picu meaning Pidgin sign english meaning Pigmentation meaning Pincer grasp meaning Pituitary dwarfism meaning Pku meaning Placement meaning Placenta abrupto meaning Placenta previa meaning Plan for achieving self support (pass) meaning Planar seating meaning Platelet transfusion meaning Platelets meaning Play audiometry meaning Play skills meaning Pneumocystic carinii pneumonia (pcp) meaning Pneumothorax meaning Pnf meaning Police power meaning Policy/policies meaning Policyholder meaning Polio meaning Pommel meaning Positioning meaning Post term meaning Post-ictal sleep meaning Post-traumatic stress disorder meaning Postauricular hearing aid meaning Postlingual deafness/disorders meaning Postnatal meaning Postpartum period meaning Postural control/development meaning Postural drainage meaning Poverty of content of speech meaning Poverty of speech meaning Ppvt-r meaning Prader willi syndrome meaning Pragmatic meaning Pre term meaning Pre-academics meaning Pre-existing conditions provision meaning Pre-service training meaning Pre-written cards meaning Precipitous birth meaning Precision teaching meaning Prelingual deafness/disorder meaning Prenatal meaning Prenatal rubella meaning Presbycusis meaning Pressure areas/sores meaning Pressure of speech meaning Prevalence meaning Prevention meaning Prevocational deafness meaning Primary care taker meaning Primitive reflexes meaning Print-on palm meaning Private therapist meaning Privilege meaning Privileged communication meaning Probationary period meaning Procedural safeguards meaning Process schizophrenia meaning Prodromal meaning Productivity meaning Progressive meaning Project head start meaning Projectile vomiting meaning Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (pnf) meaning Prosody meaning Prosthetic meaning Protection and advocacy for mentally ill individuals (pamii) meaning Protection and advocacy (p & a) meaning Protective services meaning Protein meaning Proximal meaning Pseudodementia meaning Pseudoglioma meaning Psychiatric nurse meaning Psychiatric social worker meaning Psychiatrist meaning Psycho-social (development) meaning Psycho-therapist meaning Psychoanalyst meaning Psychological services meaning Psychologist meaning Psychology meaning Psychometrist meaning Psychomotor agitation meaning Psychomotor retardation meaning Psychomotor seizure meaning Psychosis meaning Psychotherapist meaning Psychotic meaning Pt meaning Pti meaning Public agency meaning Public law 94-142 (p.L. 142) meaning Public law 96-272 (p.L. 96-272) meaning Public law 96-398 (p.L. 96-398) meaning Public law 99-319 (p.L. 99-319) meaning Public law 99-457 (p.L. 99-457) meaning Public law 99-660 (p.L. 99-660) meaning Pull-out meaning Pupil meaning Pure tone audiometry meaning Pure word deafness meaning Puree meaning Quadriplegia meaning Qualified meaning R & r meaning R & t meaning Radiotherapy meaning Raised alphabet card meaning Range of motion meaning Rbc meaning Rcsw meaning Rds meaning Reactive schizophrenia meaning Receiver meaning Receptive aphasia meaning Receptive eye problems meaning Receptive language meaning Receptive language disorders meaning Record meaning Recoupment meaning Red blood cells (rbc) meaning Reflex meaning Regarded as having an impairment meaning Registered nurse (rn) meaning Regular classroom meaning Regular education initiative meaning Regular food meaning Rehabilitation meaning Rehearsal strategies meaning Reinforcement meaning Rejected claim meaning Related services meaning Remedial readers meaning Remediation approach meaning Renal solute load meaning Replicate meaning Research and training centers (r & t) meaning Research design meaning Residential treatment meaning Residual meaning The full syndrome. Examples meaning Residual disability meaning Residual hearing meaning Resonance meaning Resource room meaning Resource teacher meaning Respiratory distress meaning Respiratory distress syndrome (rds) meaning Respite meaning Responding meaning Retina meaning Retinal detachment meaning Retinitis pigmentosa (rp) meaning Retinoblastoma meaning Retinopathy of prematurity (rop) meaning Retiree meaning Retrocochlear deafness meaning Retropathy of prematurity meaning Reverse integration meaning Revocable trust meaning Rh incompatibility meaning Rheumatic heart disease meaning Rhogam meaning Rider meaning Right against unreasonable search and seizure meaning Right to due process meaning Right to jury trial meaning Rights meaning Rigidity meaning Ritalin meaning Rlf meaning Rn meaning Rochester method meaning Role playing meaning Rom meaning Rood approach meaning Rooting response meaning Rop meaning Rotary jaw movements meaning Rote skill meaning Rrc meaning Rubber spoon meaning Rubella meaning Rubella meaning S/n meaning Sat meaning Satiety meaning Sbvi meaning Sca meaning Scales of independent behavior meaning Schioaffective disorder meaning Schizoid personality disorder meaning Schizophreniform disorder meaning Schizotypal personality disorder meaning Scholastic aptitude test (sat) meaning School phobia meaning School psychologist meaning School social worker meaning School transition to employment partnership (step) meaning Scientific method meaning Scoliosis meaning Scooper bowl and/or plate meaning Sct meaning Sdib meaning Se meaning Sea meaning Secondary school level meaning Section 504 meaning Sed meaning Segregated educational facilities meaning Selective attention meaning Self esteem meaning Self-advocacy meaning Self-care skills meaning Self-contained special education classroom meaning Self-help skills meaning Self-limitations meaning Semantics meaning Senile dementia meaning Sensorimotor meaning Sensorineural deafness/hearing loss meaning Sensory relating to the various sensory systems meaning Sensory aphasia meaning Sensory awareness meaning Sensory development meaning Sensory disorders or impairments meaning Sensory integration meaning Sensory modality meaning Sensory motor integration meaning Sensory seizure meaning Sensory stimulation meaning Sensory-neural meaning Sensory-neural hearing loss meaning Sepsis meaning Sequenced inventory of communication development (sicd) meaning Serious emotional disturbance/disorder (sed) meaning Service coordinator meaning Service to the blind and visually impaired (sbvi) meaning Service-based meaning Services meaning Severe and profound multiple disorders meaning Severe handicap meaning Sex linked condition meaning Sex-role stereotyping meaning Sga meaning Shared responsibility meaning Short attention span meaning Short bowel syndrome meaning Short stature meaning Shunt meaning Siblings meaning Sicd meaning Sickle-cell anemia (sca) meaning Sickle-cell trait (sct) meaning Sight conservation meaning Sign meaning Sign language meaning Sign language includes both american sign language (asl) meaning Signal to noise ratio (s/n) meaning Significant others meaning Signing exact english meaning Simple phobia meaning Simultaneous communication meaning Single parent meaning Sll meaning Small for gestational age (sga) meaning Smhrcy meaning Smi meaning Snellen test meaning Social insurance supplement policy meaning Social security administration (ssa) meaning Social security disability insurance (ssdi) meaning Social security disability (ssd) meaning Social services (ss) meaning Social skills meaning Social system meaning Social work services meaning Social worker meaning Social worker meaning Socially maladjusted meaning Sociopath meaning Soft bite spoon meaning Soft signs meaning Sompa meaning Sonicguide meaning Sound-symbol association meaning South dakota industries for the blind (sdib) meaning Spastic hemiplegra meaning Spastic quadriplegia meaning Spasticity meaning Spatial orientation meaning Speced meaning Special assistance meaning Special education classroom meaning Special education (sped, speced) meaning Special education programs/services meaning Special education teacher meaning Special needs trust meaning Special populations meaning Special schools meaning Specialized instruction meaning Specific learning disability meaning Sped meaning Speech meaning Speech detection threshold meaning Speech disorder/impairment meaning Speech therapist meaning Speech-language pathologist meaning Speech/language therapy meaning Speechreading meaning Spina bifida meaning Spina bifida cystica meaning Spina bifida meningocele meaning Spina bifida myclomeningocele meaning Spina bifida occulta meaning Spinal meningitis meaning Spinal-cord injury meaning Spitting up meaning Splinter skill meaning Spondylitis of adolescence meaning Sponsor meaning Spontaneous meaning Spouse advocate meaning Ss meaning Ssa meaning Ssd meaning Ssdi meaning Ssi meaning Standard deviation meaning Standardized achievement test (sat) meaning Standing board/system meaning Stanford-binet intelligence scale meaning Stapedectomy meaning State board meaning State mental health representatives for children and youth (smhrcy) meaning Static meaning Statistical relativity meaning Stature meaning Status epilepticus meaning Status offense meaning Stenosis meaning Stereotyped movement disorders meaning Stereotypical behavior meaning Sterilization meaning Stiffness meaning Stigma meaning Stimuli meaning Stimulus meaning Stoma meaning Strabismus meaning Strengths meaning Strep throat meaning Stress meaning Structural abnormalities meaning Stuttering meaning Substantial gainful work activity (sga) meaning Substitutions meaning Success rate meaning Successor trustee meaning Sucking meaning Suckling meaning Suicide meaning Superego meaning Supination meaning Supine position meaning Supplemental security income (ssi) meaning Supplementary medical insurance (smi) meaning Support services meaning Supported employment (se) meaning Supportive educational environment meaning Supports meaning Swivel spoon meaning Symbiotic meaning Symmetrical meaning Symptom meaning Symptom severity meaning Synapses meaning Syndrome meaning Syntax meaning System coordination and community education activities meaning Systemic meaning Systems advocacy meaning T lymphocytes meaning Tachistoscope meaning Tactile meaning Tactile defensiveness meaning Tactile perception meaning Tactile speech indicator (tsi) meaning Tactile system meaning Tactual sign meaning Tadoma meaning Tangible reinforcement operant conditioning audiometry (troca) meaning Tapp meaning Taps meaning Tardive dyskinesia meaning Tash meaning Task meaning Task analysis meaning Tdd meaning Teacher of the visually handicapped meaning Team meaning Technology education meaning Telecoil meaning Telecommunication device for the deaf (tdd) meaning Telephone loud ringer meaning Telephone ring signaler meaning Teletypewriter (tty) meaning Tendon meaning Teratogen meaning Term infant meaning Test battery meaning Test bias meaning Test for auditory comprehension of language - revised meaning Test of auditory perceptual skills (taps) meaning Tetanus meaning The arc of the united states meaning The association for the severely handicapped (tash) meaning The education of all handicapped children act (eha) meaning Theory meaning Therapeutic abortion meaning Therapeutic foster care meaning Therapeutic play school meaning Therapist meaning Thick liquids meaning Third party liability (tpl) meaning Third party payment meaning Thoracic-abdominal breathing meaning Three day measles meaning Threshold of discomfort meaning Thyroid hormone meaning Tilt in space seating meaning Timelines meaning Tinnitus meaning Title xix (19) meaning Title xx (20) meaning Token reinforcement systems meaning Tone meaning Tone control meaning Tongue lateralization meaning Tongue retraction with anterior tongue elevation meaning Tongue retraction meaning Tongue thrust meaning Tonic meaning Tonic bite reflex meaning Tonic reflex meaning Total communication meaning Totally blind meaning Toxic deafness meaning Toxin meaning Toxoplasmosis meaning Tpl meaning Trachea meaning Transdisciplinary meaning Transducer meaning Transfer of training meaning Transference meaning Transfusion meaning Transition meaning Transition plan meaning Transition services meaning Transverse presentation meaning Treatment modality meaning Tremor meaning Trial work period (twp) meaning Triceps skinfold thickness meaning Triplegia meaning Trisomy 21 meaning Troca meaning Trust meaning Trustor meaning Tsi meaning Tube feedings meaning Tuberous sclerosis meaning Tubing meaning Twenty-six (26) closure meaning Twp meaning Tympanogram/tympanometry meaning Typical peer meaning Uap meaning Ugi meaning Ultrasound meaning Undifferentiated schizophrenia meaning Uniformed service hospitals meaning Unilateral meaning Unmet needs meaning Unspecified mental retardation meaning Upper gi study (ugi) meaning Upper respiratory infection (uri) meaning Ureters meaning Urethra meaning Uri meaning Use errors meaning Usher's syndrome meaning Validity meaning Values meaning Vent meaning Verbal dyspraxia meaning Verbalisms meaning Very low birth weight meaning Vestibular mechanism/system meaning Videodisc meaning Videoswallow study meaning Vineland social maturity scale meaning Visual acuity meaning Visual aids meaning Visual closure meaning Visual discrimination meaning Visual disorder/impairment meaning Visual figure ground meaning Visual memory meaning Visual motor coordination/integration meaning Visual perception meaning Visual reinforcement operant conditioning audiometry (vroca) meaning Vitreous fluid meaning Voc. Rehab. (Vr) meaning Vocal nodules meaning Vocational education/instruction meaning Vocational program meaning Vocational rehabilitation specialist meaning Vocational rehabilitation (vr, vrd, drv) meaning Vocational student organization (vso) meaning Voice disorders meaning Volume control meaning Volunteer meaning Vomiting meaning Vr meaning Vrd meaning Vroca meaning Vso meaning W sit meaning Wais-r meaning Waiting period meaning Waiver meaning Wbc meaning Wc meaning Wechsler adult intelligence scale (revised) (wais-r) meaning Wechsler intelligence scales/tests meaning Wechsler intelligence scale for children (revised) (wisc-r) meaning Wechsler intelligence scale for children (wisc) meaning Wedge meaning Weight for length/height meaning Well-baby care meaning Weschler preschool and primary scale of intelligence (wppse) meaning Wheelchair cushions meaning White blood cells (wbc) meaning White cane law meaning Whooping cough meaning Wic meaning Wide range achievement test (wrat) meaning Will meaning Wisc meaning Wisc-r meaning Withdrawing behavior meaning Within normal limits meaning Work experience program meaning Workers' compensation (wc) meaning Wppse meaning Wrat meaning Written notes meaning Youth advocacy meaning Zimmerman preschool language scale meaning

 

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