ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2012
Characteristics and quality of autism websites.
Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Experiences of Support Following Autism Diagnosis in Adulthood.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Web-Based Content on Diet and Nutrition Written in Japanese: Infodemiology Study Based on Google Trends and Google Search.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- De-implementation of Low-Value Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Review
- Quality of Late-Life Depression Information on the Internet: Website Evaluation Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Applied Behavior Analysis as Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Topic Modeling and Linguistic Analysis of Reddit Posts.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2021Article
- Development of a Web-Based Resource for Parents of Young Children Newly Diagnosed With Autism: Participatory Research Design.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2020Article
- Characteristics of Arabic Websites with information on autism.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2017Article
- Age at diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders: is there an association with socioeconomic status and family self-education about autism?Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2016Article
- Brief report: consistency of search engine rankings for autism websites.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2012Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
The World Wide Web is a common method for obtaining information on autism spectrum disorders, however, there are no guidelines for finding websites with high quality. We conducted two studies examining the characteristics and/or quality of autism websites in 2009 and 2010. We found websites with a .gov top-level domain had a statistically significant association with high quality websites and websites offering a product or service and websites promoting a non-evidence-based practice had a statistically significant association with poor quality websites. Based on our work we concluded that online information should not replace the information consumers obtain from professionals. Further implications for practice, overview of study limitations and future directions are provided.
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