Abbreviations

• AHIP – Association of Hearing Instrument Practioners
  
• ASL – American Sign Language
  
• AVLIC - Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
  
• CAD – Canadian Association of the Deaf
  
• CCAC – Community Care Access Centre
  
• CCSD – Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf
  
• CHHA - The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
  
• CHS – The Canadian Hearing Society
  
• CNIB – The Canadian National Institute for the Blind
  
• DCS – Deaf Children’s Society
  
• DRF – Deaf Research Foundation
  
• ESS – Educational Support Services
  
• FLI – Freelance Interpreter
  
• GSS – General Social Services
  
• HAP – Hearing Aid Program
  
• HCCP – Hearing Care Counselling Program
  
• LSQ – Langue De Quebecois
  
• LTC – Long-Term Care
  
• MCSS – Ministry of Community and Social Services
  
• MOH – Ministry of Health
  
• MTCU – Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (formerly Ministry of Education and Training (MET)
  
• NAD – National Association of the Deaf (USA)
  
• OAD – Ontario Association of the Deaf
  
• OSLA – Ontario Association of Speech language Pathologist and Audiologist
  
• OCSA – Ontario Community Support Association
  
• OCSCO – Ontario Society (Coalition) of Senior Citizens’ Organizations
  
• ODSA – Ontario Deaf Sports Association
  
• ODSP – Ontario with Disability Support Program
  
• OIS - Ontario Interpreter Services
  
• PAC – Professional Advisory Council
  
• PUSH – People United for Self Help
  
• SHHH – Self Help for Hard of Hearing
  
• SLIC – Sign Language Instructors of Canada
  
• TAD – Toronto Association of the Deaf
  
• TTY – Teletypewriter or Text Telephone
  
• TJSHI – Toronto Jewish Society for the Hearing Impaired
  
• THHC – Toronto Hard of Hearing Club
  
• UW – United Way
  
• WFD – World Federation of the Deaf