Brookes Logo
site utilities
top level navigation
E-mail NewslettersProfessional DevelopmentFor FacultyScreening and AssessmentWhat's NewBrookes Store

ConferencesIn PressNew ReleasesToday's News

Search more than 3500 disability-related terms!*

Includes thorough definitions of:

• disabilities & syndromes
• disability organizations
• medical terms
• genetic terms
• and more!
Term:

Enter a word to search for its definition. (For example, if you enter the word "alcohol," the dictionary will display definitions for all of the terms that include the word "alcohol," such as "alcohol-related birth defects" and "fetal alcohol syndrome." )
Definition:

Enter a word or phrase that is part of a definition to search for the related terms. (For example, if you enter the word "oxygen," the dictionary will display definitions for all of the terms that have the word "oxygen" in their definitions.)



*This online dictionary reflects the second edition of the Disabilities Dictionary. For the third edition, with 800 new entries, please see below.


All the definitions you've been finding are available in one convenient book: Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology, Third Edition!

Fully updated and expanded just in time for its 15th anniversary, this comprehensive dictionary gives readers updated, jargon-free definitions of more than 4,000 disability terms. Now with 800 new entries that cover advances in medicine, genetics, technology, assessment, and more!

Praise for the second edition:

"Excellent ... As a professional working in the field for over twenty-five years, I have not come across such a valuable reference material of its kind." —Dipu Basu, Executive Director, Mountain Lake Services, Port Henry, New York


© Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. | brookes store | contact us | site map | home