The DRM WebWatcher: Dictionaries

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	Dictionaries & Acronym Guides
	Updated 9/2003
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Understanding a rehabilitation report, school assessment, or other disability-related document can be a real challenge if you don't know the lingo or the acronyms. These resources will help.

Acronyms Frequently Used in Special/Gifted Education: A quick reference from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education.

Alphabet Soup: Disability Resources Monthly's very own guide to disability-related acronyms, with hyperlinks to relevant sections of The DRM WebWatcher.

CancerWeb On-line Medical Dictionary: This extensive medical dictionary includes "terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science."

Inclusion & Parent Advocacy - Terminology (Disability Resources): Explanations of terms relating to inclusion, including procedural terminology; inclusion, full inclusion, mainstreaming and integration; and common techniques and strategies

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICIDH-2): The ICIDH-2 classification was developed and revised to provide a unified and standard language and framework for the description of health and health-related states. The revised classification defines components of health and some health-related components of well-being (such as education, labour, etc.). The website includes downloadable, searchable, and foreign language editions.

Multilingual Glossary: This web site features technical and popular medical terms in eight European languages : English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish. Includes separate word lists, glossaries, multilingual glossary and dictionary.

Pharma-Lexicon [added 5/20/01]: An extensive and easy-to-use guide to pharmaceutical acronyms/abbreviations and find out what they stand for.

Special Education Dictionary: A fairly extensive list of disability terminology with short, readable definitions, from Parentpals.com.

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