Table 1

Characteristics of Arabic websites with information on ASD (N=118).

Website characteristics(%)
Country of website’s origin (known)(68.0)
Nature
 Organizations(3.0)
 Individuals sites(44.0)
 Health information websites(7.0)
 Governments(1.0)
 Service providers(4.0)
 University(2.0)
 News(33.0)
 Other(6.0)
Top-level domain
 .com(69.0)
 .org(9.0)
 .net(11.0)
 .edu(2.0)
other(9.0)
Attributions(3.0)
Authorship(64.0)
Currency(60.0)
Advertisement(43.0)
Disclaimer(8.0)
Feedback(82.0)
General info(66.0)
Treatment(63.0)
 Behavioral(42.0)
 Educational(18.0)
 Allied health(40.0)
 Medical and related interventions(43.0)
 Complementary and alternative medicine(9.0)