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Sites listed here will be personal pages and blogs with a primary focus on the autism spectrum.

If autism is just one of a number of issues covered by the site, it belongs in a more general category.

Blogs will be listed only if they contain original material, and have several posts within each six-month period. Inactive blogs will be removed.

WOW THANKS! I have a few bits of advice though. Make sure you add some sites, respond reasonably quick, constantly change things and rereview as much as you can. I bring this up only because I used to be an editor, got sidetracked, and lost it.

Still, I was toying with making a little site about all this(autism, add, etc...), and this might get me off my rear!

cant add my site since mine is not autism only... but i will get onto DMOZ

There are literally thousands of categories on this site. I'm sure that there is another that would fit you quite well.

WOW THANKS! I have a few bits of advice though. Make sure you add some sites, respond reasonably quick, constantly change things and rereview as much as you can. I bring this up only because I used to be an editor, got sidetracked, and lost it.

Still, I was toying with making a little site about all this(autism, add, etc...), and this might get me off my rear!

could you give me the direct link to the listing facility?

http://www.dmoz.org

But I think I might have found you a better category:

http://editors.dmoz.org/Society/Disable ... nal_Pages/

Re adding my site - OK Beau. I thought LCH was adding them and I re-read the opening post.

I'll also check the TOS on the site. If they don't permit hate speech they won't add Best's blog.

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I was about to point that out, LCH, and you beat me to it!

Because my website is all about special interests of mine I think mine would qualify;

http://philsworld.wiki-site.com

Oh - and for goodness sake DON'T add Hating Autism to the list!!