Why you should trust our autism fact sheets
When you look through our autism fact sheets, you will see that everything we state is referenced. In other words, anything we write has been stated by an expert in the field of autism research and reviewed by other experts in the field during the process of publication. If you think we may have misinterpreted information, you can look at the lay summary of the cited reference, the abstract of the cited reference, or you can read the reference itself. In all cases, you will know that what we have written has a reference point in the scientific community.
Our fact sheets are prepared by medical writers who are trained scientists. They are reviewed by a developmental pediatrician with expertise in the field of autism. Finally, we encourage readers to contribute additional information on the subject in the portion of the wiki that parallels the fact sheets. This allows readers to develop a more complete understanding of those aspects of the fact sheet that may be controversial.
