StackExchange Autism Q&A in startup phase

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Hello,

There is new Q&A site in startup phase: Autism
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/27488/autism

It's the same site that runs StackOverflow, which is very active in popular among developers. Well, programmer is one of the top occupations for Asperger's so it's IMHO great place to promote Autism Awareness

Among programmers there can be the very large amount of undiagnosed Asperger's, that even hasn't ever heard that word

I'm participating and hoping the site will run and be active.

im signing up as well, i use stackoverflow and like the site and spirit presented there.

One of the best things I like in StackExchange sites is the ease to find something I need.

First, it got indexed by Google very well and is high in search results.

Second, everything is tagged, which makes filtering by interesting idea easy.

Third, when you want to write something, you get a hint what are the similar questions posted before.

On foras, you see something for a moment, then everything got stuck under tons of answers. They are good to chat, but when it comes to finding answers to interesting topics, they aren't very handy.

A great advocate text copied from Joomla forum:
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=700240

* The 'reputation' system encourages activity, and high-quality answers
* The wiki-like aspect ensures answers are improved over time, and don't become irrelevant
* Tagging of questions helps to organise everything
* The system is proactive in determining duplicate questions
* The sheer popularity of the system ensures a strong community can grow, and feedback is much more immediate. It's not uncommon for a question to attract really high-quality answers within minutes of being asked. In my experience, this is much, MUCH faster than traditional forums.

You can already post questions about autism itself (more scientific, less experience-sharing) in Cognitive Sciences beta. See the topic An invitation to bring any scientific questions about autism to Cognitive Sciences

I encourage as many people here as possible to sign up, Stack Exchange is much better for the Q+A format than a forum which is for conversation.

I love StackOverflow and the idea of a StackExchange site occurred to me as soon as I read the "social rules thread". It would be perfect for that and other similar "practical advice" topics. This particular site, however, specifically says that it's for parents of autistic children - which is a different kettle of fish.

Edit: I see there is a discussion about expanding the scope of the proposal to include adults on the spectrum. Hopefully that happens.