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Tables
Use: Statistics

Tactile systems [SCOPE NOTE: Utilization of the sense of touch as a sensory mode; includes tactile discrimination and tactile materials]
Narrower terms: Braille
Broader Terms: Devices, Sensory aids
Related Terms: Signage

Task analysis [SCOPE NOTE: Examination and division of work into its major parts]
Broader Terms: Evaluation
Related Terms: Functional evaluation, Functional limitations, Management
Use for: Functional capacity, Performance evaluation

Taxes [SCOPE NOTE: Charges levied by governments against income of individuals, corporations, or other profit making centers]
Related Terms: Business, Employment

TDD
Broader Terms: Communication devices, Devices
Related Terms: Hearing aids, Hearing impairments, Telecommunications, Telephones
Use for: TTY, Telecommunications Device for Deaf communication

Teachers [SCOPE NOTE: Professionals usually hired by a school to teach; includes teachers from preschool through postsecondary education, and tutors]
Broader Terms: Personnel
Related Terms: Certification, Education, Learning, Schools, Special education, Students, Teaching, Universities

Teaching [SCOPE NOTE: Broad term; process of educating at all schoollevels; use more specific terms when applicable]
Related Terms: Education, Special education, Teachers

Teamwork [SCOPE NOTE: Includes use of different types of professionals (interdisciplinary approach) in the rehabilitation process; team approach]
Related Terms: Counseling techniques, Interagency cooperation, Interdisciplinary activities, Service integration

Technical writing [SCOPE NOTE: Includes instruction on writing reports, proposals, and so forth]
Use for: Report writing

Technology [SCOPE NOTE: Broad term; processes of developing equipment, new products, and technological change]
Narrower terms: Assistive technology, Devices, Engineering, Medical technology, Technology development
Related Terms: Orthotics, Research utilization, Technology transfer

Technology assistance programs [SCOPE NOTE: State programs assisting persons with disabilities to identify and obtain assistive technologies; term added June 1989]
Broader Terms: Assistive technology, Programs
Related Terms: Client assistance programs, Regional agencies, Technology development, Vocational rehabilitation

Technology development [SCOPE NOTE: Creation and development of technology designed to facilitate the functioning of people with disabilities. For material addressing aspects and applications of disability-related technology, use ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY. For general technological improvements not related to disability, use TECHNOLOGY.]
Broader Terms: Technology
Related Terms: Assistive technology, Devices design, Engineering, Medical technology, Technology assistance programs, Technology transfer

Technology transfer [SCOPE NOTE: Application of technology from one field to another]
Related Terms: Assistive technology, Engineering, Medical technology, Research utilization, Technology, Technology development

Telecommunications [SCOPE NOTE: Includes teleconferencing, satellites, telefacsimile transmission]
Broader Terms: Communication
Related Terms: Audiovisual materials, Computers, Devices, Electronics, Internet, Radio, TDD, Telephones, Television

Telecommunications Device for Deaf communication
Use: TDD

Telecommuting [SCOPE NOTE: Using a computer to work from home; CIRRIE term added April 2000]

Telemedicine [SCOPE NOTE: Using a computer or communication device for the delivery of medical care; CIRRIE term added April 2000]

Telephones [SCOPE NOTE: Includes teaching of telephone skills; for amplification devices, use TELEPHONES and SENSORY AIDS]
Broader Terms: Communication devices, Devices
Related Terms: TDD, Telecommunications

Telerehabilitation [SCOPE NOTE: Using a computer or communication device for the delivery of rehabilitation treatment; CIRRIE term added April 2000]

Television [SCOPE NOTE: Electronic system of transmission and reception of transient images, usually accompanied by sound; includes television receivers and televising]
Broader Terms: Media
Related Terms: Audiovisual materials, Captioning, Public relations, Radio, Telecommunications

Terminal illness
Related Terms: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Hospices, Hospitals, Pain

Testimony
Related Terms: Court cases, Life care planning
Use for: Expert witness

Tests [SCOPE NOTE: Bases or procedures for evaluation; includes questions or exercises measuring knowledge, skill, intelligence, capabilities, aptitudes, and so forth, of an individual or group]
Narrower terms: Intelligence tests, Psychological tests
Related Terms: Audiometry, Diagnosis, Evaluation, Evaluation techniques, Goal attainment scaling
Use for: Assessment, Checklists, Instruments, Inventories, Measurements, Scales

Therapeutic training [SCOPE NOTE: Client training, training persons with disabilities; usually in a hospital, clinic, or other rehabilitation setting]
Broader Terms: Education, Training
Related Terms: Clients, Patient education, Vocational training
Use for: Client training, Patient training

Therapists
Related Terms: Medical personnel

Therapy [SCOPE NOTE: Broad term; use only when more specific terms listed below under "Narrower terms" are not applicable]
Narrower terms: Art therapy, Bibliotherapy, Chemotherapy, Dance therapy, Milieu therapy, Music therapy, Occupational therapy, Physical therapy, Psychotherapy
Related Terms: Arts, Counseling, Dance therapy, Health personnel, Medical treatment, Rehabilitation medicine
Use for: Electrotherapy, Pet therapy, Play therapy

Time management [SCOPE NOTE: Includes study of how work is done, how to manage activities in order to meet deadlines or program activities]
Broader Terms: Management
Related Terms: Caseload management, Employment

Tinnitus
Use: Hearing impairments

Tissues [SCOPE NOTE: Groups of cells that are similar in form or function]
Broader Terms: Body
Related Terms: Physiology, Pressure sores

Toilet room
Use: Bathrooms

Toileting
Use: Bladder function, Bowel function, Daily living

Toxicology
Use: Pharmacology

Toys
Related Terms: Children, Infants, Recreation

Training [SCOPE NOTE: Programs of instruction and planned activities designed to induce learning outside the usual academic setting, not in schools; for personnel training, use CONTINUING EDUCATION or STAFF DEVELOPMENT]
Narrower terms: Mobility training, On the job training, Professional training, Retraining, Therapeutic training, Vocational training
Related Terms: Continuing education, Education, Instructional materials, Job training techniques, Professional education, Schools, Staff development, Training materials, Training programs, Work study programs, Workshops

Training materials [SCOPE NOTE: Materials used for training outside of the usual academic setting, not in schools]
Broader Terms: Instructional materials
Related Terms: Curriculum, Handbooks, Instructional methods, Programmed instruction, Training, Vocational training
Use for: Guides

Training programs [SCOPE NOTE: Includes descriptions of specific programs or procedures used by institutions or organizations]
Broader Terms: Programs
Related Terms: Careers, Instructional methods, Professional training, Training
Use for: Inservice training, Short term training

Transition
Use: Work transition

Transition services [SCOPE NOTE: Programs and benefits designed to enhance integration or to serve as an intermediate stage; CIRRIE term added April 2000]

Transitional employment
Use: Work transition

Transplants
Use: Implants

Transportation [SCOPE NOTE: Broad term; use more specific terms listed below under Narrow Terms when appropriate]
Narrower terms: Air transportation, Public transportation, Rail transportation
Broader Terms: Community resources
Related Terms: Driving, Independent living, Mobility, Motor vehicles, Transportation accessibility, Travel, Wheelchairs
Use for: Locomotion

Transportation accessibility [SCOPE NOTE: Process of providing access to all types of transportation]
Broader Terms: Accessibility
Related Terms: Accessibility legislation, Air transportation, Program accessibility, Public transportation, Rail transportation, Transportation
Use for: ADAAG

Trauma
Use: Amputations, Brain injuries, Burns, Injuries, Spinal cord injuries

Traumatic brain injury
Use: Brain injuries

Travel [SCOPE NOTE: Process of going from one place to another; used for actual travel rather than transportation-related issues]
Related Terms: Air transportation, Public transportation, Rail transportation, Transportation

Treatment
Use: Medical treatment, Psychotherapy, Surgery

Treatment decisions
Use: Advocacy, Medical treatment

Trends [SCOPE NOTE: Forecasting techniques, general tendency or movement in an area]
Narrower terms: Economic trends
Related Terms: Prediction
Use for: Future

TTY
Use: TDD

Tuberculosis [SCOPE NOTE: Infectious disease most commonly affecting the respiratory system]
Broader Terms: Chronic illness, Infections, Respiratory disease

Tumor
Use: Cancer

Typewriting [SCOPE NOTE: Includes typewriters and typists]
Related Terms: Communication devices