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Wheelchair Transportation Safety Standards Abbreviation Keys

ANSI/RESNA Abbreviation Key

ISO Abbreviation Key

SAE Abbreviation Key


ANSI/RESNA Abbreviation Key

ANSI - American National Standards Institute (http://www.ansi.org/)
RESNA - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (http://www.resna.org)
SOWHAT - Subcommittee on Wheelchairs and Transportation (RESNA)
WG - Working Group
MV- Motor Vehicles

ISO Abbreviation Key

ISO - International Organization for Standardiation (http://www.iso.ch/welcome.html)
WG-6 - ISO Working Group on Wheelchair Transportation Safety
AWI-approved work item
WD-working draft
CD-committee draft
DIS-draft international standard
FDIS- final draft international standard
IS-international standard

SAE Abbreviation Key

SAE - Society for Automotive Engineers (http://www.sae.org/)

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The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Wheeled Mobility and the RERC on Wheelchair Transportation Safety. Both RERCs are sponsored by grants from the National Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation (NIDRR), Washington, D.C.