User:Cfarmer4/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Autism Speaks

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I have heard about Autism Speaks and found it listed in the C Class categories.

Evaluate the article
The lead is concise and gives a brief explanation of what Autism Speaks is. The lead includes a table of contents that outlines what will be talked about and the location within the article. The article’s content is very relevant and seems to be updated often. The tone remains neutral and I could see that revisions are being made to keep biased language about Autism Speaks out of the article. The article included 78 citations and used many hyperlinks for readers to click on to continue their research. My overall impression is that this article does a good job of remaining neutral while illustrating that the organization is criticized and disliked. On the talk page, people have argued about the wording used to describe Autism Speaks. One user wrote that advocacy should not be used because Autism Speaks has been hurtful to people with Autism. Another user wrote that the organization should be listed as a hate group. Despite these comments, the article remains impartial. I think the article could be improved if the history section was edited. This is the only section that did not seem to flow well and was just a list of facts. The article is well developed but could use some edits to the wording and flow.