Trusted clinical sources

Setting up

CareWise answers come from a small, curated set of approved clinical guidelines, government health resources, and international health authority documents — not from blogs, forums, social media, or web search.

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What counts as a trusted source

A source is trusted only if it meets all of these conditions: it is published by a government health authority, national clinical standards body, or major peer-reviewed journal; it has a clear publication date and a documented review process; its claims are appropriate for a general parent audience; and it has been manually reviewed before inclusion.

Trusted does not mean popular, well-written, or frequently referenced online. Popularity and repetition are not the same as evidence quality.

Phase 0 seed sources

NICE CG128 — Autism recognition, referral and diagnosis in under 19s (England and Wales, Tier 1)
NICE CG170 — Autism support and management in under 19s (England and Wales, Tier 1)
NICHD Autism Overview — National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US, Tier 1)
WHO Ethics and Governance of AI for Health (2021, international, Tier 1)

Sources pending review

CDC autism resources and US education law sources (IDEA, Section 504) are pending jurisdiction-specific review before inclusion.

What CareWise does when a source is missing

If the approved corpus does not contain a trusted source for a question, CareWise will say so plainly: "I don't have a trusted source for this question." It will not guess, speculate, or draw from unapproved materials.