CADS

CADS is an acronym that can refer to several organizations and concepts across different fields. The most widely known use is the Canadian Association of Disabled Skiing (CADS), a national nonprofit organization in Canada dedicated to enabling participation in adaptive winter sports for people with disabilities. CADS operates through regional chapters and national programs and provides coaching, safety instruction, volunteer training, and classifications to support athletes, guides, and instructors. The organization runs adaptive skiing and snowboarding programs, hosts clinics and camps, and participates in national and regional competitions, with an emphasis on accessibility, safety, and sport development.

In technology and design contexts, CADS is sometimes used to refer to computer-aided design and drafting systems or software. While CAD is the common abbreviation for computer-aided design, the plural or extended form CADS may appear in some branding, documentation, or organizational names to denote a suite of design tools or services. The usage is less standardized and varies by vendor or institution.

In research and higher education, some centers or institutes use CADS as an acronym for entities such as Center for Advanced Data Science or related domains. These CADS entities are typically local to a university or research network and focus on data analysis, computational methods, or data-driven decision-making.