"A family like ours": Demographic variations in information seeking behavior and community participation among parents of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Issue 1 (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gibson, Amelia; Kaplan, Samantha J.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Volume 52:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 4
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Information Behavior -- Social Informatics; Information science -- Congresses; Information technology -- Congresses; Information science; Information technology; Conference papers and proceedings; 020
• DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010060
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-9231

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We surveyed 906 parents of individuals with Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) about their information seeking experiences and preferred information sources. Our findings suggest that the most popular information sources are local doctors, therapists, national organization websites and local parent networks.