Acronyms and Abbreviations Related to Independent Living and Disability Research
ACL - Administration for Community Living
ACS – American Community Survey
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAAG - Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines
ADD/ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADD - Administration on Developmental Disabilities (DHHS)
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
ADRA - Associated Disability Research Areas
AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AHS – American Housing Survey
AHRQ – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Lou Gehrig's Disease
AoA - Administration on Aging
APR – Annual Performance Review
APRIL - Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living
ARF – Area Resource File
ARRT - Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training
ASL - American Sign Language
AT - Assistive Technology
ATBCB - Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
ATUS – American Time Use Survey
AUCD – Association of University Centers on Disability
CC - Closed Caption
CCTV - Closed Circuit Television
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CET – Consumer-empowered team
CEI – Community Engagement Initiative
CFR - Congressional Federal Register/Code of Federal Regulations
CHP - Center on Human Policy
CIHR – Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIL – Center for independent living
CIQ - Community Inclusion Questionnaire
CIRRIE - Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
CITA - Center for Information Technology Accommodation
CORE – Characteristics of the Respondent
COTR - Contract Officer Technical Representative
CP - Cerebral Palsy
CPPRS – Community Participation and Perceived Receptivity Survey
CPTTA – Community Participation Training and Technical Assistance
CRP - Community-based Rehabilitation Program
DBTAC - Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
DD - Developmental Disability
DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
DME - Durable Medical Equipment
DofEd - Department of Education
DRRP - Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project
DTV - Digital Television
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
FES - Functional Electrical Stimulation
FHAA – Fair Housing Amendments Act
FIM - Functional Independence Measure
FIP/FIR - Field Initiated Project/Field Initiated Research
FY - Fiscal Year (versus calendar year)
FedReg - Federal Register
GPRA - Government Performance Review Act/Government Performance and Results Act
GSA - General Services Administration
HHS – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLM – Hierarchical Logistical Regression Modeling
HUD – Department of Housing and Urban Development
IADL - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
IDD - Intellectual and developmental disability
ICDR - International/Interagency Committee on Disability Research
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
ICF – International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
IL/CI - Independent Living and Community Integration
ILC/CIL - Independent Living Center or Center for Independent Living
ILRU - Independent Living Research Utilization
ITTATC - Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center
KT – Knowledge translation
KU – University of Kansas
LD - Learning Disability
LRP - Long Range Plan (NIDRR's 5 year plans)
MCC – Multiple chronic conditions
MD - Muscular Dystrophy
MEPS – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
MRDP - Minority Research and Development Program
MS - Multiple Sclerosis
MSCIS - Model Spinal Cord Injury System
NARIC - National Rehabilitation Information Center
NCCAM - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH)
NCD - National Council on Disability
NCDDR - National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
NCI - National Cancer Institute (NIH)
NCIL – National Council on Independent Living
NCMHD - National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH)
NCMRR - National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NIH)
NCRR - National Center for Research Resources (NIH)
NEI - National Eye Institute (NIH)
NHGRI - National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)
NHIC - National Health Information Center (DHHS)
NHIS - National Health Information Survey (CDC)
NHLBI - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIHI)
NIA - National Institute on Aging (NIH)
NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
NIAID - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
NIAMS - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH)
NICHCY - National Institute on Children and Youth with Disabilities
NICHD - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)
NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
NIDCD - National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders
NIDCR - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH)
NIDILRR - National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (formerly National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)
NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH)
NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
NIH - National Institutes of Health
NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
NINDS - National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINR - National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH)
NLM - National Library of Medicine
NOD - National Organization on Disability
NRH - National Rehabilitation Hospital
OERI - Office of Educational Research and Improvement
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS - Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
OT - Occupational Therapy
P&A - Protection and Advocacy
PA – Personal assistant (or personal assistance)
PAR - Participatory Action Research
PARTS-G – Participation Survey-General
PAS - Personal assistance services
PCA - Personal Care Assistant
PCEPD - President's Council on Employment of People with Disabilities, now Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the Department of Labor
PI – Principal investigator
PT - Physical therapy
PubMed - National Library of Medicine's collection database
PUM – Public-use microdata
QASP - Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan
QOL - Quality of Life
R&D - Research and Development
RDC – Restricted Data Centers
RERC - Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
RESNA - Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America
RFC - Request for Comments
RFP - Request for Proposals
ROM - Range of Motion
RRTC - Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
RSA - Rehabilitation Services Administration
RTC/CL – Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Living
RTC/MICL – Research and Training Center on Measurement and Interdependence in Community Living
RTC/IL - Research and Training Center on Independent Living
RTG - Research and Training Grant
Rehab Act - The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and its amendments
SBIR - Small Business Innovative Research
SCAP – Scientific and Consumer Advisory Panel
VCM – Virtual Case Management
SCI - Spinal Cord Injury
SEDL - Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
SEM – Social-ecological model
SILC - State Independent Living Council
SIPP - Survey of Income and Program Participation
SSA - Social Security Administration
SSDI - Social Security Disability Insurance
SPARC – Survey of Participation and Receptivity in Communities
SSI - Supplemental Security Income
SSR – Systematic scoping review
Section 508 - The section of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 pertaining to the accessibility of items procured by the Federal government including electronic and information technologies.
TA - Technical Assistance
TAC - Technical Assistance Coordinator
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
TT/TTY/TDD - Teletypewriter or Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
TWWIIA - Ticket to Work/Workforce Incentives Improvement Act
Tech Act - Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act
UAP - University Affiliated Programs
UCPA - United Cerebral Palsy of America
UD - Universal Design
VR - Vocational Rehabilitation
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
WAI - Web Accessibility Initiative
WHO - World Health Organization
WID - World Institute on Disability
WISQARS - Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (CDC)