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| Acronyms and Abbreviations |
| <BEG> | big evil grin |
| <BG> | big grin |
| ABA | Applied Behavioral Analysis |
| AC | Autistics and Cousins |
| AD | anti-depressant |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AIT | Auditory Integration Therapy |
| APD | Auditory Processing Disorder |
| AS | Aspergers or Autism Spectrum |
| ASA | Autism Society of America |
| ASD | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| ASH | Aspergers Husband |
| Aspie | A person with Asperger Syndrome |
| ASW | Aspergers Wife |
| BP | Bi-Polar (formerly manic-depressive) |
| BPD | borderline personality disorder |
| BTW | By the way |
| CAD | cassandra affective disorder |
| CAN | Cure Autism Now |
| CAPD | Central Auditory Processing Disorder |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CP | Cerebral Palsy |
| DAN! | Defeat Autism Now! |
| DD | Dear Daughter, Darling Daughter |
| DH | Dear Husband, Darling Husband |
| DP | dear partner |
| DS | Dear Son, Darling Son |
| DSM | Diagnostic Statistical Manual |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic Statistical Manual - Edition IV |
| DW | Dear Wife, Darling Wife |
| DX | Diagnosis, Diagnosed |
| DX'd | Diagnosed |
| FWIW | For what it's worth |
| FWIW | for what its worth |
| GF/CF | Gluten Free/Casein Free |
| HFA | High Functioning Autism |
| IEP | Individual Education Plan |
| IMHO | In my humble opinion |
| IOW | In Other Words |
| IRL | In real life |
| KWIM | know what I mean |
| LD | Learning Disability |
| LMAO | Laughing my a$$ off |
| LOL | Laughing out loud |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| NA | Neuro-Ambiguous(someone not quite AS but not really NT either) |
| NIH | National Institute for Health |
| NLD | Nonverbal Learning Disability |
| NPD | Narcissistic Personality Disorder |
| NQ | Neuro-Questionable (someone not quite AS but not really NT either) |
| NT | Neuro-Typical (not on the Autism Spectrum, Not Aspergers) |
| NVLD | Non Verbal Learning Disability |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| ODD | Oppositional-Defiant Disorder |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| PDD | Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
| PDD-NOS | Pervasive Developmental Disorder;Not Otherwise Specified |
| PTSD | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| RDI | Relationship Development Intervention |
| RL | Real Life |
| ROTFLOL | Rolling on the floor laughing out loud |
| SAD | Seasonal Affective Disorder |
| SO, S/O | significant other |
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