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.
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.”
Explanations of terms relating to inclusion, including procedural terminology; inclusion, full inclusion, mainstreaming and integration; and common techniques and strategies
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.
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.