Special Education Acronyms

AAC

• Augmentative/Alternative Communication

• Alternative Alert Communication

• Talker

ADA

• American Deserve Accommodations

• Americans With Disabilities Act

• Allow Disabled Always

ASD

• Auditory Speech Disorder

• Americans Services for Disabled

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

• ASD

BSE

• Basic Services Education

• Bureau of Special Education

• Bureau Service for Education

ED

• Emotional Disturbance

• Early Disability

• Educational Deficit

ESY

• Extended Services Yearly

• Extended School Year

• Every Student Yearns

ID

• Individual Disability

• Individual Disputes

• Intellectual Disability

IEP

• Independent Education Program

• Independent Education Plan

• Individualized Education Program

LEA

• Local Educational Agency

• Local Education Address

• Local English Agency

LRE

• Learned Rights Education

• Least Restrictive Environment

• Lost Resident Environment