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Agencies
IPSEA - Independent Panel for Special Education Advice
NAS - National Autistic Society
AFASIC - Organisation supporting parents of children with speech and language disorders

Professionals
SALT - Speech and language therapist
EP - Educational Psychologist
OT - Occupational Therapist

Regarding Diagnosis
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCP - Obsessive Compulsive Personality
ASD – Autistic Spectrum Disorder
ASC - Autistic Spectrum Condition
PDD/PDD-nos - Pervasive Developmental Delay (not otherwise specified)
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
dx - Diagnosis
dx’d - Diagnosed
AS - Aspergers Syndrome
HFA - High Functioning Autism
LFA - Low Functioning Autism
NT - Neurotypical/”normal”

Internet Terms
dd - Darling Daughter
ds - Darling Son
IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
TBH - To Be Honest
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off