Web Posted on: December 16, 1997
List of Common Acronyms
- ABA
- Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, P.L. 90-480, requires that all buildings and facilities, built or altered after 1968, that are leased from or owned by the Federal government be accessible to persons with disabilities.
- ADA
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, P.L. 101-336
- ADAAG
- Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines
- AIDS
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- ANPRM
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ATBCB
- Architecture and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
- ATM
- Automatic Teller Machine
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control, agency within HHS
- CIL
- Centers for Independent Living
- CFR
- Code of Federal Regulations
- CPA
- Certified Public Accountant
- DOC
- Department of Commerce
- DOT
- Department of Transportation
- DOJ
- Department of Justice
- ED
- Department of Education
- EEOC
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- EHA
- Education for All Handicapped Children Act, P.L. 94-142
- ERISA
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- FCC
- Federal Communications Commission
- FHAA
- Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
- FR
- Federal Register
- GSA
- General Services Administration
- HAL
- Handicapped Assistance Loans, administered by SBA
- HEW
- Department of Health, Education and Welfare (Restructured in 1979 into the present Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education)
- HHS
- Department of Health and Human Services
- HIV
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- HUD
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- JAN
- Job Accommodation Network, service of PCEPD
- LEAA
- Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, formerly an agency of DOJ
- MGRAD
- Minimum Guidelines and Requirements for Accessible Design, established by ATBCB
- NARIC
- National Rehabilitation Information Center, funded by NIDRR
- NCD
- National Council on Disability
- NIDRR
- National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, part of ED
- NIH
- National Institutes of Health, agency within HHS
- NLS
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped -- service of the Library of Congress
- NPRM
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- OCR
- Office for Civil Rights, within various agencies including HHS and ED
- OFCCP
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, office within DOL
- OMB
- Office of Management and Budget
- OPM
- Office of Personnel Management
- OSHA
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration, division of DOL
- OSERS
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, division of ED
- PCEPD
- President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities
- P.L.
- Public Law
- RFA
- Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
- RIA
- Regulatory Impact Analysis
- RSA
- Rehabilitation Services Administration, division of ED
- SBA
- Small Business Administration
- TDD
- Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
- UFAS
- Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards
- UGESP
- Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
- U.S.C.
- United States Code
- 501
- Section 501 of title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, requires federal agencies to take affirmative action in the hiring, placement, and promotion of people with disabilities in federal employment.
- 502
- Section 502 of title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, established ATBCB as the agency responsible for the enforcement of the ABA and the establishment of minimum guidelines for accessible design.
- 503
- Section 503 of title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, requires affirmative action in the hiring, placement and promotion of persons with disabilities by federal contractors that receive federal contracts of more than $2,500.
- 504
- Section 504 of title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, prohibits discrimination against qualified persons with disabilities in the programs or activities (including hiring practices) of any federal Executive agency or any organization receiving federal financial assistance.
- 508
- Section 508 of title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, requires the Federal Government to establish guidelines for electronic equipment accessibility and to procure accessible electronic office equipment in order to ensure equivalent communications capabilities to disabled and non-disabled employees.
- 94-142
- The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 established that free, appropriate education must be available through the public school system to children with disabilities. 94-142 also authorized federal appropriations for special education.