Glossary of Terms in Vocational Rehabilitation
People explore vocational rehabilitation for a variety of reasons. Some may seek services to address personal or career issues, functional limitations, or to adapt to community, educational, or workplace environments.
Others may seek assistance with recovering from health, medical or psychological illnesses, injuries, and disabilities; or overcoming barriers to employment or school. They may wish to find and maintain a suitable career through training, education, and job placement. There may be a need for learning how to adjust to the physical, psychosocial, or vocational aspects of a disability.
Ultimately, most people are seeking support with achieving a career, occupational, or work goal. There could be uncertainty with how to go about accessing, maintaining, or returning to school or work to increase their independence and quality of life.
These are some of the terms that may be useful to reference as they relate to vocational rehabilitation:
List of Terms in Vocational Rehabilitation
A
Activity Demands
Affect
Affective and physiologic dysregulation
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Agnosia
Agoraphobia
Alexithymia
Algorithms
Allograft
Alogia
Altruism
Alveoli
Ambiguous hand preference
Aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Amotivation
Amygdala
Amyloid plagues
Amyloid precursor protein (APP)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Analgesic
Anemia
Aneurysm
Angioplasty
Angle-closure glaucoma
Anhedonia
Ankylosis
Anomia
Anterograde amnesia
Antibodies
Anticholinergic side effects
Antigen
Antipsychotic medications
Anxiety
Anxiolytic
Apathy
Aphasia
Apophyseal
Apraxia
Arthroplasty
Arteriovenous
Asperger's disorder
Aspiration
Associated reactions
Associality
Astereognosis
Asterixis
Ataxia
Attentional and behavioral dysregulation
Athetoid (dyskinetic)
Atherosclerosis
Atheromas
Arthritis
Atrophy
Auditory processing
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Autograft
Autonomic dysreflexia (hyperreflexia)
Autonomic neuropathy
Autosomal dominant
Autosomal recessive
B
Babinski's reflex
Benign tumor
Beta-amyloid plaques
Boutonniere deformity
Bradykinesia
Brain attack
Brainstem
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Burden of disease
Burn scar contracture
Bursitis
C
Carotid endarterectomy
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Casein
Cataracts
Catatonia
Catatonic behavior
Catheterization
Cauda equina
Central scotomas
Central vision
Cerebellum
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA, stroke, brain attack)
Cerebrospinal fluid assays
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)
Childhood disintegrative disorders
Chronic bronchitis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Cilia
Circumlocution
Client factors
Clonus
Closed fracture
Cogwheel rigidity
Collagen
Collateral circulation
Colles' fracture
Coma
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPD)
Comminuted fracture
Compensation
Compound fracture
Compression garment
Compulsion
Concrete thinking
Congenital
Congestive heart failure
Constructional apraxia
Contracture
Context
Contrast sensitivity
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
Coronary artery disease
Cortical atrophy
Corticobulbar
Corticospinal
Corticosteroids
Coup-contrecoup injury
Craniostenosis
Creatine kinase
Crede's method
Cyclothymia
Cytomegalovirus
D
Debridement
Decerebrate rigidity
Decorticate rigidity
Decubitus ulcers
Decussation
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Deformity
Delayed union
Delusions
Delusions of grandeur
Delusions of persecution
Demyelination
De Quervain's disease
Developmental trauma disorder
Diabetic foot
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Diarthroses
Diastolic blood pressure
Dignity
Diplegia
Diffusion-tensor imaging
Disease surveillance
Disease trajectory
Disinhibition
Disorganized behavior
Disorganized thinking
Dissociation
Distal radius fracture
Dopamine
Down syndrome
Dysarthria
Dysesthesia
Dysgraphia
Dysosmic aphasia
Dysphagia
Dysphoria
Dyspnea
Dysthymia
Dysophin
E
Ecchymosis
Echolalia
Electroconvulsive therapy
Electroencephalogram
Electromyography (EMG)
Embolism
Emotional lability
Emphysema
Epidemiology
Epiglottis
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Equality
Equinovalgus
Equinovarus
Eschar
Euphoria
Euthymia
Executive functioning
Extrapyramidal symptoms
Extrapyramidal syndrome
F
Familial
Fixed ideas
Flaccidity
Flight of ideas
Fluid resuscitation
Fragile X syndrome
Freedom
Frontal lobes
Full thickness burn
G
Gastrointestinal disorder
Gastroesophageal reflux
Gaze shift
Genes
Generalized anxiety disorder
Genotype
Glare sensitivity
Gluten
Gower's maneuver
Gower's sign
Grandiosity
Graphesthesia
Greenstick fracture
H
Hallucinations
Health disparity
Herd immunity
Hematoma
Hemianopsia
Hemiparesis
Hemiplegia
Hemoglobin A1c level
Hemorrhagic stroke
Heterotopic ossification
Hippocampus
Homonymous hemianopsia
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Humeral fracture
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephaly
Hyperflexia
Hyperglycemia
Hyperlexia
Hyperphenylalaninemia
Hyperorality
Hypersexuality
Hypertension
Hypertonicity (spasticity)
Hypertrophic scar
Hypervigilance
Hypoglycemia
Hypomania
Hypotonicity
Hypoxemia
Hypoxia
I
Ideas of reference
Immune response
Incentive spirometry
Incidence
Infectious diseases
Inferior olive
Inflammation
Inoculum dose
Intraocular pressure (IOP)
Ischemia
J
Joint attention
Justice
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
K
Kernicterus
Ketonuria
Kinesthesia
Kyphosis
L
Lability
Latent tuberculosis
Limbic system
Long-term memory
Lordosis
Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS)
Lower motor neuron
M
Macula
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Magnetic resonance volumetry
Major depressive disorder
Malignant tumor
Malunion
Mania
Manic episode
Melancholia
Mental disorders
Metabolic equivalent
Metamorphopsia
Metastasis
Mild acquired TBI
Mixed Episode
Moderate acquired TBI
Modified constraint-induced therapy
Morbidity
Mortality
MRSA
Muscle biopsy
Mutism
Myelin
Myelogram
Myocardial infarction (MI)
Myoclonus
Myopia
N
Negative symptoms
Nonunion
Neovascular glaucoma
Nephropathy
Neurobiologic
Neurodegenerative
Neurofibrillary tangles
Neurogenic bowl/bladder
Neuroleptic
Neuromuscular disorders
Neuron
Neuropathy
Neurotransmitters
Nonreflex neurogenic bladder or bowel
Nystagmus
O
Obsession
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Opacifications
Open fracture
Open-angle glaucoma
Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF)
Optic neuritis
Orthostatic intolerance
Osteoarthritis
Osteopenia
Osteoporosis
Oxygen transport
P
Panic
Panic attack
Pannus
Paranoia
Pathologic fracture
Paraphasia
Paratonia
Parentification
Parkinsonism
Partial-thickness burn
Pathogen
Performance in areas of occupation
Performance patterns
Performance skills
Peripheral artery disease
Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral vision
Peristalsis
Perseverative
Personal episodic memory
Person-first language
Phenotype
Phobia
Physiatrist
PICA
Pneumonia
Polydipsia
Polyphagia
Polyuria
Positive symptoms
Positron emission tomography
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Premorbid functioning
Prevalence
Primitive reflexes
Procedural memory
Prodromal phase
Prudence
Procedural learning
Progressive
Psychomotor agitation
Psychomotor retardation
Psychosis
Pulse oximetry
Purkinje cells
Q
Quadriplegia
R
Rales
Rapid-cycling
Recent memory
Reflex arc
Relapse
Remodeling
Remote memory
Resiliency
Retina
Retinopathy
Retrograde amnesia
Rett's disorder
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid factor (RF)
Rheumatologist
Risk factors
Rote memory
S
Self and relational dysfunction
Spina bifida
Scoliosis
Semantic memory
Severe acquired brain injury
Short-term memory
Sjogren's syndrome
Smith's fracture
Social phobia
Somatization
Spasticity (hypertonicity)
Sphygmomanometer
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Spinal shock
Stereotyped behavior
Strabismus
Stretch reflex
Subdural hematoma
Substantia nigra
Sundowning
Superficial burn
Swan-neck deformity
Synovial
Systolic blood pressure
T
Tachycardia
Tactile defensiveness
Tangential thinking
Tangentiality
Tardive dyskinesia
Tau
Tay-Sachs disease
Temporal lobes
Tenosynovitis
Teratogenic
Theory of mind
Thrombus
Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)
Topagnosia
Topographic orientation
Toxemia
Trabecular meshwork
Transgenerational
Transient ischemic attacks (TIA)
Trauma
Truth
Tuberculosis (TBO
Type I diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
U
Unipolar
Unilateral spatial neglect
Utilization behavior
V
Valley sign
Vegetative signs
Visuospatial
Volkmann's deformity
W
Winged scapulae
X
X-linked
Y
Y
Z
Zoonotic infection