ASD most often refers to:

  • Autism spectrum disorder, a neurodevelopmental condition
  • Acute stress disorder, a psychological response

ASD may also refer to:

Businesses and organisations

Education

  • American School of Douala, Cameroon
  • American School of Dubai
  • American School of Doha, Qatar
  • Academy for Science and Design, Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S.
  • Allentown School District, Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
  • Anchorage School District, Alaska, U.S.
  • Armstrong School District (Pennsylvania), U.S.
  • Achievement School District, Tennessee, U.S.

Other organisations

  • AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe, a European business association
  • Alliance for Securing Democracy, a trans-Atlantic group
  • Alliance for Social Democracy, a political party in Benin
  • Architectural Services Department, Hong Kong
  • Australian Signals Directorate, intelligence agency

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

  • ASD (database), an online directory of allosteric proteins
  • Antiseptic Dorogov's Stimulator, a Russian topical veterinary drug
  • Aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, an enzyme
  • asd RNA motif, a conserved RNA structure in certain lactic acid bacteria
  • Atrial septal defect, a congenital heart defect

Computing

  • Adaptive software development, a software development process
  • Aircraft and Scenery Designer, an add-on for the Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 video game
  • Application Specific Device, a Wi-Fi certification type

Other uses in science and technology

  • Active sound design, an acoustic technology concept used in automotive vehicles
  • Allowable stress design, a structural design methodology
  • Aspirating smoke detector, an indoor fire-protection device
  • Acceleration spectral density, a mechanical vibration test parameter

Transportation

  • Aeronautical Systems Division, US Air Force technical division 1961–1992
  • Air Sinai, ICAO airline code ASD
  • Amsterdam Centraal station, station code Asd
  • Andros Town International Airport, Bahamas, IATA airport code ASD
  • Slidell Airport, Louisiana, United States, FAA identifier ASD

Other uses

  • ASD (album), by A Skylit Drive, 2015
  • Asas language, ISO 639 code asd
  • International Association for the Study of Dreams, formerly Association for the Study of Dreams
  • United States Assistant Secretary of Defense, an official in the United States government

See also