Brief Report: Trends in U.S. National Autism Awareness from 2004 to 2014: The Impact of National Autism Awareness Month

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3271-3273

  DeVilbiss, Elizabeth A ^a   Lee, Brian K ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism awareness; Google trends; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMAN; INTERNET; RESEARCH; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; RESEARCH REPORT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930898091     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2160-4     Document Type: Article

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