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Disorders of the Developing and Aging Brain: Autism and Alzheimer's on the Web Archive Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C Web

Abstract

Collection of websites crawled that represent a sample of available web resources related to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease in 2013.
Complete web archive is available at: https://archive-it.org/collections/4254

Dates

  • Creation: 2014

Extent

66 archived websites (158GB)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Copyright and Re-use Information

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Historical Note

This collection contains resources related to two diseases of the brain: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Alzheimer's Disease. ASD is diagnosed when the brain is in development, most frequently in childhood. Conversely, Alzheimer's Disease is an ailment of the organ's decline.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ASD is a disability that "can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges...people... with ASD may communicate, interact, behave, and learn in ways that are different from most other people. The learning, thinking, and problem-solving abilities of people with ASD can range from gifted to severely challenged."

With the revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual to the DSM-V, ASD now includes several conditions that had previously been diagnosed separately: autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), and Asperger syndrome. As of April 2014, official CDC figures indicate that ASD is identified in 1 of every 68 children.

Alzheimer's Disease is an "irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with Alzheimer's, symptoms first appear after age 60" (National Library of Medicine). As of 2014, it is the most common cause of dementia among older people.

Named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer, expects estimate that as many as 5.1 million Americans have the disease in 2014.

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Collection Summary

This collection was created in 2014 in an attempt to document and provide researchers with a representative snapshot of Internet materials available on the topics of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease. The websites crawled are not an exhaustive list of web resources available at the time of collection, but rather a curated sample, representing different facets of the diseases' impacts.

Websites were crawled between January and March... 2014 using the Archive-It tool, a subscription-based service of the Internet Archive.

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