Awareverse quality standard

Sources, review dates and evidence

Awareverse covers education, disability, benefits, healthcare and lived experience across the UK and United States. This page explains how we separate official rules, clinical guidance, practical interpretation and community experience.

Health and condition pages

How medical and neurodevelopmental wording is checked, including what we avoid claiming.

Review policy

How legal, benefits and service information is dated and what happens when rules change.

Official resource directory

UK and USA government, rights, benefits and advocacy sources in one place.

Core rule: where Awareverse summarises a law, benefit, clinical guideline or agency process, the linked official source takes precedence if it has changed since our last review. Community experience is valuable, but it is not presented as a substitute for law, clinical assessment or an individual decision notice.

Source hierarchy

Type	How we use it
Statute, regulation, government agency	Primary source for legal duties, eligibility rules, deadlines and official procedures.
National clinical guideline or professional body	Used for health and condition information, alongside clear limits on diagnosis and treatment claims.
Established charity or specialist rights organisation	Used for practical explanation, advocacy routes and accessible interpretation.
Peer and lived experience	Used to explain real-world barriers, strategies and questions to ask. It is labelled as experience, not universal fact.

What every major guide should show