ACE - Advocate for Children with Excep… 
ADC - Adult Disabled Children 
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder 
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity… 
ADL - Activities of Daily Living 
AFDC - Aid to Families with Dependent… 
AHCA - Agency of Health Care Administr… 
Arc - Association for Retarded Citizen… 
ASD - autism spectrum disorders 
ASHA - American Speech-Language-Hearin… 
AT - Assistive Technology 
BD - Behavior Disorders 
BISCS - Bureau of Instructional Suppor… 
BPD - Bronchopulmonary dysplasia 
CA - chronological age 
CAN - Child Abuse and Neglect 
CARD - Center for Autism and Related D… 
CAT - computerized axial tomography 
CBVT - Consumer Based Vocational Train… 
CHS - Children's Home Society 
CIL - Center for Independent Living 
CMS - Children's Medical Services 
CP - Cerebral Palsy 
CPHU - County Public Health Unit 
DBS - Division of Blind Services 
DCT - Directed Consumer Training 
DD - Developmental Disabilities 
DDC - Developmental Disabilities Counc… 
DEI - Developmental Evaluation and Int… 
DOH - Department of Health