Recent advances in research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is uncovering putative candidate genes and loci at an accelerated pace. To address the genetic complexity of ASD, we have developed SFARI Gene, a publicly available web-portal for on-going collection, manual annotation, and visualization of genes linked to the disorder from the published literature. We present a disease-driven database model in SFARI Gene where all genes connected to ASD are assembled from various genetic categories: candidates identified from genetic association studies, rare single gene mutations, and genes linked to syndromic autism. Genes are richly annotated for their relevance to ASD, along with in-depth annotation providing current knowledge of gene functions. The main focus of this resource is to provide an up-to-date, annotated list of ASD candidate genes in the form of reference datasets. Our goal is to capture a comprehensive view of the rapidly evolving field of autism genetics. A recent paper describes the methodology behind SFARI Gene. | 
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