- AAA: Area Agency on Aging
- ACP: Attendant Care Program
- ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
- AT: Assistive Technology
- BBS: Bulletin Board System
- BVS: Blindness and Visual Services
- CAP: Client Assistance Program
- CCD: Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
- CDA: Committee for a Disability Agenda
- CIL: Center for Independent Living
- CRI: Community Resources for Independence, Inc.
- CSPPPD: Community Services Program for Persons with Physical Disabilities
- DCA: Department of Community Affairs
- DDPC: Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
- DIA: Disabled In Action
- DIMENET: Disabled Individuals Movement for Equality Network
- DLP: Disabilities Law Project
- DOH: Department Of Health
- DPW: Department of Public Welfare
- ECHO: Erie City Housing Organization
- ECCPD: Erie County Coalition of Persons with Disabilities
- ECCPD: Erie County Coalition of Persons with Disabilities
- EEOC: Equal Employment Oppurtunity Commission
- EIH: Erie Independence House
- GAP: Grassroots Advocacy Project (see SWAT)
- GECAC: Greater Erie Community Action Committee
- HANDS: Housing And Neighborhood Development Service
- HCFA: Health Care Finance Administration
- HRC: Human Resource Commission
- HUD: Housing and Urban Development
- ICF/ORC: Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Other Related Conditions
- ILRP: Independent Living Rehabilitation Program
- ILRU: Independent Living Research Utilization
- ILS: Independent Living Skills
- I&R: Information and Referra
- lMA: Medical Assistance
- MH/MR : Mental Health and Mental Retardation
- NAA: Neighborhood Assistance Act
- NARIC: National Rehabilitation Information Center
- NCIL: National Council on Independent Living
- OBRA: Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act
- OVR: Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
- PAIR: Protection and Advocacy of Individuals Rights
- PCA: Personal Care Attendent
- PCCD: The Pennsylvania Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
- PCIL: Pennsylvania Council on Independent Living
- PDA: Pennsylvania Department of Aging
- PHFA: Pennsylvania Housing and Finance Agency
- PIAT: Pennsylvania’s Initiative on Assistive Technology
- PIC: Private Industry Council
- PPA: Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy
- RESNA: Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America
- RSA: Rehabilitation Services Administration
- SILC: State Independent Living Council
- SPOC: Strategic Planning Oversight Committee
- SSA: Social Security Administration
- SSDI: Social Security Disability Income
- SSI: Supplemental Security Income
- SWAT: Statewide Action Team (formerly Grassroots Advocacy Project)
- UCP: United Cerebal Palsy
- WID: World Institute on Disability
