News and Information on Autism

Websites containing quality and reliable health information can provide patients with valuable support and resources. You can follow the updates and news of these sites easily with RSS as described in this video.

If you don't want to deal with using RSS, PeRSSonalized Autism, a free, simple, multi-lingual Webicina service that features the latest news of the most relevant social media resources focusing on medical conditions and specialties, is created for you.



This video shows how it works:



You can insert the term "autism" into the custom Pubmed feed box to receive the latest peer-reviewed publications focusing on autism automatically.

We collected the best sites focusing on autism-related support and information below. Please let us know if you have suggestions.

National Institute of Mental Health

• Description: "The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

The National Autistic Society

• Description: "We are the leading UK charity for people with autism (including Asperger syndrome) and their families."
• Quality: "We provide information, support and pioneering services, and campaign for a better world for people with autism."

WebMD® - Autism

• Description: "The WebMD content staff blends award-winning expertise in medicine, journalism, health communication and content creation to bring you the best health information possible. Our esteemed colleagues at MedicineNet.com are frequent contributors to WebMD and comprise our Medical Editorial Board. Our Independent Medical Review Board continuously reviews the site for accuracy and timeliness."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

About.com - Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Description: "These days, more and more adults are wondering whether they or someone they love could be diagnosable with high functioning autism or Asperger syndrome. Find out more about what it means to be an adult with autism - and what to do about it."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Autism Central

• Description: "A central location for information sharing and resources on ASD and developmental disabilities in Canada"
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Autism Research Institute

• Description: "A non-profit organization, that was established in 1967 and has devoted its work to conducting research, and to disseminating the results of research, on the triggers of autism and on methods of diagnosing and treating autism by providing research-based information to parents and professionals around the world."
• Quality: "Over 40,000 detailed case histories of autistic children from over 60 countries. The founder, Bernard Rimland, Ph.D., was an internationally recognized authority on autism and the father of an autistic son. Dr. Rimland wrote the prize-winning book Infantile Autism, and was the founder of the Autism Society of America. He served as chief technical advisor on the film Rain Man and earned many awards for his work during his lifetime."

Autism Society of America

• Description: "The Autism Society, the nation’s leading grassroots autism organization, exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism. We do this by increasing public awareness about the day-to-day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy."
• Quality: "Founded in 1965 by Dr. Bernard Rimland, Dr. Ruth Sullivan and many other parents of children with autism, the Autism Society is the leading source of trusted and reliable information about autism."

Autism Today

• Description: "Autism Today also promotes awareness of autism and Aspergers syndrome issues through its bookstore presence at other workshops and seminars across Canada. We enjoy working with other groups to help solve the common problems and misconceptions surrounding Autism Spectrum Disorders while empowering others through our non-profit Canadian based organization called the KEEN Education Foundation."
• Quality: It was founded in 1996, has been updated for more than 10 years, has clear contact information and description.

BBC Health - Autism

• Description: "BBC Medical conditions Access information on a wide range of medical conditions and illnesses, plus details of organisations that offer medical and emotional support."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Autism

• Description: "For over 60 years, CDC has been dedicated to protecting health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability. We are committed to programs that reduce the health and economic consequences of the leading causes of death and disability, thereby ensuring a long, productive, healthy life for all people."
• Quality: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It is also accredited by HONcode.

Child-autism-parent-cafe.com

• Description: "Practical ways to help, plan and manage daily living with autism."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Everyday Health - Autism

• Description: "Everyday Health is for consumers who need to manage their conditions daily, get answers to their most important health-related questions, or find thorough information about how to get and stay well."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

FamilyDoctor.org - Autism

• Description: "Health information for the whole family."
• Quality: "Familydoctor.org is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organization representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP". It is also accredited by HONcode.

Geneva Centre for Autism

• Description: "Geneva Centre for Autism is an international leader in the development and delivery of clinical intervention services and training."
• Quality: "Since our creation in 1974, our direct service capacity has increased from 20 to 3,000 families. More than 18,000 people access our services each year from across Canada and beyond."

Global Autism Collaboration (GAC)

• Description: "This organization was created in response to a global need for networking and communication among autism groups."
• Quality: The mission of the Global Autism Collaboration (GAC) is to network and collaborate with autism origanizations worldwide, to generate necessary political, legal and social change to deal with the global autism health crisis.

Health24 - Autism

• Description: "Health24 content is educational, relevant, and medically reviewed. The aim of the editorial is to enable readers to make informed decisions about their health. The site covers a wide range of topics, such as in-depth information on common medical conditions, diet, fitness, pregnancy, parenting, men's and women's health. It is continually being updated by a team of medical specialists and journalists."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Healthcommunities.com - Autism

• Description: "Physician developed information for parents and health care consumers about causes and risk factors for autism, which is a neurological disorder."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Healthline - Autism

• Description: "Healthline was founded in 1999 as YourDoctor.com and was re-launched as Healthline Networks in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, New York and Chicago."
• Quality: Here is the medical board of the site. It is also accredited by HONcode.

Kids’ Health - Autism

• Description: "KidsHealth is more than just the facts about health. As part of The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth also provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Mayo Clinic - Autism

• Description: "Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Medical News Today

• Description: "The latest Autism News articles published daily. Includes news on Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), Rett Syndrome, Child Disintegrative Disorder, and Asperger's Syndrome. Information is also provided about social interaction problems, lack of communication skills and emotional interpretation difficulties - causes and how to overcome them."
• Quality: The most comprehensive medical news site. More than 2 million unique visitors every month.

MedicineNet.com - Autism

• Description: "MedicineNet.com is an online, healthcare media publishing company. It provides easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers via its robust, user-friendly, interactive web site."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

MedLine Plus - Autism

• Description: "MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news."
• Quality: Courtesy of U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Netdoctor - Autism

• Description: "We want to break down the "medical language barrier" between the doctor and the patient. Critical medical information must be presented in a clear and understandable language so that the patient fully understands his or her choices and decisions. Ultimately, it is the patient who must make the critical health choices."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

PsychCentral - Autistic Disorder

• Description: "Psych Central is the Internet's largest and oldest independent mental health and psychology network."
• Quality: "Since 1995, it has been run by mental health professionals offering reliable, trusted information and over 160 support groups to consumers. We are today's modern voice for mental health information and advocacy and have the broadest online reach and recognition of any mental health network online today, touching the lives of over 1.1 million people around the world every month." It is also accredited by HONcode.

Research Autism

• Description: "Research Autism is the only UK charity exclusively dedicated to research into interventions in autism."
• Quality: "Research Autism is a charity which provides free, impartial and scientifically accurate information about autism treatments and therapies."It is also accredited by HONcode.

ScienceDaily - Autism News

• Description: "ScienceDaily is one of the Internet’s most popular science news web sites. Since starting in 1995, the award-winning site has earned the loyalty of students, researchers, healthcare professionals, government agencies, educators and the general public around the world. Now with more than 3 million monthly visitors, ScienceDaily generates nearly 15 million page views a month and is steadily growing in its global audience."
• Quality: Click here to see the editorial board and the awards

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Social bookmarking lets you store, organize and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata.

Here are a few social bookmarking sites and the collection of links featuring your field of interest.

Del.icio.us

Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.

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StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of 6 million+ other websurfers with interests similar to you.

Diigo

Diigo: If you browse or read a lot on the web, we believe you will find Diigo indispensable. Diigo is two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other.



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