Common acronyms and abbreviations

Conditions

 * AD: autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder
 * ADD: attention deficit disorder
 * ADHD: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
 * APD: auditory processing disorder
 * AS: Asperger's syndrome
 * ASD: autistic spectrum disorder
 * CAPD: central auditory processing disorder
 * ED: executive dysfunction
 * GTS: Giles de la Tourette syndrome
 * LD: learning disorder
 * NVLD: nonverbal learning disorder
 * OCB: obsessive compulsive behaviour
 * OCD: obsessive compulsive disorder
 * ODD: oppositional defiant disorder
 * PDD: pervasive developmental disorder
 * SSS: scoptic sensitivity syndrome
 * TD: Tourette's disorder
 * TS: Tourette's syndrome
 * VPD: visual processing disorder

Other

 * Dx: diagnosis
 * NOS: not otherwise specified (used after a condition, for example PDDNOS means pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified