Description
A CDC resource providing data, statistics, and research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) through the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. It offers prevalence data, surveillance reports, community reports, and peer-reviewed autism prevalence studies.
Market positioning
Leading authoritative government source for autism statistics and data in the United States, widely cited in research and public health contexts.
Target audience
Researchers, healthcare providers, public health professionals, parents, and anyone seeking authoritative data and articles on autism spectrum disorder.
Use cases
Provides prevalence data, surveillance reports, community reports, and peer-reviewed autism prevalence studies through the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. Used for public health research, policy-making, clinical reference, and public education on ASD trends across the U.S.
Company information
Company size
10,000+ employees
Revenue
Government-funded (U.S. federal agency, ~$9B+ annual budget)
Scale
National (United States)
Number of users
Millions of annual visitors (public government website, no registration required)
Features
Pricing
Rating
Pros and cons
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Pros
- Authoritative and trusted U.S. government source
- Comprehensive and regularly updated ASD prevalence data
- Links to peer-reviewed and published research articles
- Free and publicly accessible
- Multi-site national surveillance network (ADDM)
Cons
- Focused on U.S. data only, limited global coverage
- Not designed as a search tool for recent autism articles broadly
- No personalized article recommendation or filtering by recency
- Static data pages rather than a dynamic article finder
- No aggregation of articles from multiple external sources
Feature Comparison
Top features across 9 competitors (most common first)
| Feature | Google Scho… | NIMH Scienc… | Autism Rese… | Autism Rese… | CDC Autism … | Nature Ment… | ResearchGat… | Autism Pare… | OARacle New… |
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| Access to peer-reviewed papers | |||||||||
| theses | |||||||||
| books | |||||||||
| and abstracts; Author profiles; Citation tracking; Coverage of preprint archives and conference proceedings; Gray literature access; Institutional repository indexing; Links to academic library online collections; Simple intuitive search interface (single query box) | |||||||||
| Brochures and fact sheets available for download; Curated ASD-specific science updates and research highlights; Filtering by health topic | |||||||||
| population | |||||||||
| and research category; Filtering by year (2023 | |||||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||
| 2026); Free access to all content; Links to related clinical trials on clinicaltrials.gov; Multilingual support (Spanish available); Multimedia content including videos and podcasts; Official government-backed and expert-reviewed information; Regular updates tied to new NIH-funded research | |||||||||
| 12 issues per year in electronic format; 984 | |||||||||
| 089 full-text article downloads in 2025; Autism 101 instructional series for foundational autism topics; Coverage of epidemiology | |||||||||
| treatment studies | |||||||||
| genetics | |||||||||
| and neurobiology; Free subscription included with INSAR membership; Full-color illustrations support; International editorial board ensuring fair and comprehensive evaluation; Lay abstracts freely accessible to the public; Publishes original research articles | |||||||||
| brief reports | |||||||||
| review articles | |||||||||
| and commentaries on autism; Rapid decision and publication times (median 34 days to first decision) | |||||||||
| Assessment tools (ATEC) | |||||||||
| Coverage of a wide range of autism-related research topics |