Information about Disabilities
| Name | Alternate Name |
| age-related hearing loss | presbycusis |
| Alzheimer's disease | organic brain syndrome |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, progressive bulbar palsy |
| arthritis | joint inflammation |
| attention deficit disorder | ADD |
| autism | autistic spectral disorder, PDD |
| autoimmune disorders | autoimmune conditions |
| autonomic hyperreflexia | autonomic dysreflexia |
| cardiac rehabilitation | |
| cerebral palsy | CP |
| childhood disintegrative disorder | dementia infantilis, disintegrative psychosis, Heller syndrome |
| cleft lip and palate | cleft lip, cleft palate, oral cleft |
| cognitive impairment | cognitive disability, cognitive disorder |
| color blindness | achromatopsia, color vision deficiency, dyschromatopsia |
| craniosynostosis | |
| cystic fibrosis - nutritional considerations | cystic fibrosis, nutritional considerations, diet for cystic fibrosis |
| cystic fibrosis | CF |
| dementia | |
| Down syndrome | trisomy 21 |
| Duchenne muscular dystrophy | pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy |
| dyslexia | developmental reading disorder |
| early intervention services | |
| epilepsy | seizure disorder |
| fatigue | weariness |
| fetal alcohol syndrome | FAS |
| Gaucher disease | beta-glucosidase deficiency, infantile Gaucher disaese, juvenile Gaucher disease |
| genetic counseling | |
| genetic screening | |
| genetic testing | |
| Guillain-Barre syndrome | Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome |
| hearing impairment | |
| hemiplegia | hemiparalysis |
| Huntington disease | Huntington chorea |
| hydrocephalus in children | |
| language disorders in children | communication disorders in children |
| learning disability | academic disorders, LD, learning disorder |
| massage therapy | soft tissue energy therapy |
| mental retardation | developmentally delayed, mentally disabled, mentally handicapped, retarded, slow |
| mini-mental status examination | mental status exam, mini-mental state exam, MMSE |
| mobility impairment | |
| multiple sclerosis | |
| muscular dystrophy | |
| myasthenia gravis | |
| Parkinson's disease | |
| pervasive developmental disorder | PDD |
| respite care | |
| selective mutism | elective mutism |
| senile cerebral amyloid angiopathy | cerebral amyloid angiopathy, cerebrovascular amyloidosis, congophilic cerebral angiopathy |
| shaken baby syndrome | child abuse |
| speech computers | assistive devices for communication, assistive devices for speech, augmentative devices for communication, augmentative devices for speech |
| speech disorders in children | speaking disorders in children, talking disorders in children |
| speech impairment | aphasia |
| spina bifida | spinal dysraphism, spinal rachischisis |
| spinal cord injury | |
| sports for adults with disabilities | |
| sports for children with disabilities | |
| stroke | brain attack, cerebrovascular accident, CVA |
| Tay-Sachs disease | GM2-gangliosidosis, type I, hexosaminidase A deficiency |
| Tourette syndrome | Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, multiple tic syndrome |
| ventriculoperitoneal shunt | VP shunt |
| visual impairment | impaired vision |
| Wilson's disease | hepatolenticular degeneration |