NH Statewide Independent Living Council

Common Acronyms in the NH Disability Community

Common Acronyms in the NH Disability Community

  1. AA – Area Agencies (serves people with developmental disabilities)
  2. AB Committee – Committee on Architectural Barrier-Free Design
  3. ACL – Administration for Community Living
  4. ACT – Alliance for Community Transportation
  5. ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
  6. ADL – Activity of Daily Living
  7. AFB – American Foundation or Federation for the Blind
  8. APTD – Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (Medicaid program for people with disabilities)
  9. AT – Assistive Technology
  10. BIANH – Brain Injury Association of NH
  11. CAP – Client Assistance Program
  12. CIL – Center for Independent Living
  13. CHIP – Children’s Health Insurance Program
  14. CMS – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  15. COAST – Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation
  16. CWIC – Community Work Incentives Coordinator Specialist
  17. CVTC – Community Volunteer Transportation Company
  18. DD – Developmental Disability
  19. DD Act – The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, PUBLIC LAW 106-402
  20. DDC – Developmental Disabilities Council
  21. DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services
  22. DOE – Department of Education
  23. DOL – Department of Labor
  24. DOT – Department of Transportation
  25. EEOC – U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  26. FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
  27. FDA – Food and Drug Administration
  28. FPL – Federal Poverty Level
  29. GCD – Governor’s Commission on Disability in New Hampshire
  30. GSIL – Granite State Independent Living (NH’s Center for Independent Living)
  31. HCBS – Home and Community Based Services
  32. HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  33. HOH – Hard of Hearing
  34. IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  35. IEP – Individualized Education Plan
  36. I&R – Information and Referral
  37. IL – Independent Living
  38. ISP – Individualized Service Plan
  39. LD – Learning Disability
  40. LEND – Leadership in Neurodevelopment and Related Disabilities
  41. LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
  42. LSW – Licensed Social Worker
  43. MA – Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
  44. MCO – Managed Care Organization
  45. MEAD – Medicaid for Employed Adults with Disabilities (for people up to 64 years of age)
  46. MH – Mental Health
  47. MOAD – Medicaid for Older Adults with Disabilities (for people 65 years of age and older)
  48. NACDD – National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
  49. NDHHS – Northeast Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services (advocacy, peer support, ASL interpreters)
  50. NFB – National Federation for the Blind
  51. The NH ABLE Plan– Achieving a Better Life Experience program in NH (protected savings program for people with disabilities)
  52. NH-TEAP – New Hampshire Telecommunications Equipment Assistance Program
  53. NHVR – New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation
  54. NIDRR – National Institute of Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research
  55. ODEP – Office of Disability Employment Policy (DOL)
  56. OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs (US Department of Education)
  57. OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (US Department of Education)
  58. P&A – Protection and Advocacy
  59. PCA – Personal Care Attendant
  60. PCSP – Personal Care Service Provider
  61. PIC – Parent Information Center (information, resources, and advocacy for families of students with disabilities)
  62. PWD – Person/People with Disabilities
  63. RCC – Regional Coordinating Council (for community transportation)
  64. RSA – Rehabilitation Services Administration (also Revised Statutes Annotated – NH state laws)
  65. SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  66. SBVI – Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  67. SCC – Statewide Coordinating Council (for community transportation)
  68. SCI – Spinal Cord Injury
  69. Section 503/504 – Sections of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  70. SILC NH – Statewide Independent Living Council of NH
  71. SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly Food Stamps)
  72. SSA – Social Security Administration
  73. SRC – Statewide Rehabilitation Council
  74. SSDI – Social Security Disability Insurance
  75. SSI – Supplemental Security Income
  76. TA – Technical Assistance
  77. TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
  78. TDD – Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
  79. TTW – Ticket to Work (SSA)
  80. TTY – Teletypewriter
  81. WHIM – Wheelchair Health in Motion (adaptive fitness and recreational opportunities)
  82. WIOA – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
  83. WIPA – Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Project