| 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 |
