AAS |
Advocacy Activities Scale |
AATPP |
Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy Project |
ACS |
American Community Survey |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
ADEA |
Age Discrimination in Employment Act |
AHPPPAL |
Assessment of Health Plans and Providers by People with Activity Limitations |
AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
APAER |
Annual Portfolio Assessment Expert Review |
APR |
Annual Performance Report |
ARCS |
Access Risk Classification System |
ARRT |
Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training |
AT |
assistive technology |
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BMS |
Burn Model System |
BMS/DCC |
Burn Model System/Data Coordinating Center |
BRFSS |
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
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CAHPS® |
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
CART |
communication access realtime translation services |
CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDMRP |
Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (DOD) |
CDS |
Charge Data System |
CFDA |
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance |
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
CHART |
Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Techniques |
CIHR |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
CP |
cerebral palsy |
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DBTAC |
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center |
DGI |
Dynamic Gait Index |
DGI-M |
Dynamic Gait Index-Modified |
DOD |
U.S. Department of Defense |
DOL |
U.S. Department of Labor |
DRRP |
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project-General |
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ED |
U.S. Department of Education |
EDGAR |
Education Department General Administrative Regulations |
EEG |
electroencephalogram |
EEOC |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
EMG |
electromyogram |
ESES |
Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale |
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FEPA |
Fair Employment Protection Agency |
FEW |
Functioning Everyday with a Wheelchair |
FID |
Field Initiated Project-Development |
FIP |
Field Initiated Project |
FIR |
Field Initiated Project-Research |
fMRI |
functional magnetic resonance imaging |
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GAO |
U.S. Government Accountability Office |
GPRA |
Government Performance and Results Act |
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HCBS |
home- and community-based services |
HCBU |
historically black colleges and universities |
HEDIS® |
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
HFES |
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society |
HHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability |
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ICC |
intraclass correlation coefficient |
ICDR |
Interagency Committee on Disability Research |
ICF |
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (World Health Organization) |
ICT |
information and communication technologies |
IMPACT |
Individualized Management of Personal Assistant/Consumer Teams |
IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
ISO |
International Standards Organization |
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JAN |
Job Accommodation Network |
JDF |
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation) |
JTHFT |
Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test |
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KIR |
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation |
KMRREC |
Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center |
KT |
Knowledge Translation |
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LHPDC |
Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center (University of Iowa) |
LRP |
Long-Range Plan |
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MHQ |
Michigan Hand Questionnaire |
MOMSCIS |
Missouri Model Spinal Cord Injury System |
MS |
Model System |
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NARIC |
National Rehabilitation Information Center |
NCMRR |
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research |
NFP |
notice of final priority |
NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
NIA |
notices inviting applications |
NIDRR |
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NNJSCIS |
Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System |
NORA |
National Occupational Research Agenda |
NPP |
notice of proposed priority |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NTBRMS |
North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System |
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OMB |
U.S. Office of Management and Budget |
OPP |
Office of Policy and Planning (NIDRR) |
OSERS |
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED) |
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PART |
Program Assessment Rating Tool |
PARTS/M |
Participation Survey for Persons with Mobility Limitations |
PAS |
personal assistance services |
PCS-BI |
Perceived Control Scale for Brain Injury |
PEAT |
Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool |
PI |
principal investigator |
PRS |
Peer Review System |
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QA |
quality assurance |
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RAAS |
Remote Accessibility Assessment System |
REI Tour |
Real Economic Impact Tour |
RERC |
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center |
RRTC |
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center |
RSD |
Research Sciences Division (NIDRR) |
RTI |
Research Triangle International |
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SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
SCI |
spinal cord injury |
SCIMS |
Spinal Cord Injury Model System |
SOAR |
Survivors Offering Assistance in Recovery Program |
STI |
scheduled telephone intervention |
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TBI |
traumatic brain injury |
TBIMS |
Traumatic Brain Injury Model System |
TOFHLA |
Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults |
TRIM |
U.S. Department of Education’s web-based grant records management system |
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UCSF |
University of California, San Francisco |
ULTrA |
Upper-Limb Training and Assessment Program |
UTI |
urinary tract infection |
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VA |
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
VIP |
VIrtual Planning Test |
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W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
WAI |
Web Accessibility Initiative |
WCAG |
Web Content Accessibility Guidelins |