The Spread of Autism Diagnosis - Incite at Columbia University

Archived Project

The Spread of Autism Diagnosis

  • Timeframe 2014–2015
  • Principal Investigators
    • Peter Bearman Columbia University
    • Ka-Yuet Liu University of California, Los Angeles
  • Funded by National Institutes of Health

This project studied the impact of diffusion of knowledge on the increasing prevalence of autism by building a large-scale, empirically calibrated simulation model of the social and interaction networks of parents.

Related Works

  • open website

    Peter Bearman, Ka-Yuet Liu, Keely Cheslack-Postava, Ezra Susser , "Can Sibling Sex Ratios be used as a valid test of the prenatal androgen hypothesis of autism spectrum disorders?", PLOS ONE, October 23, 2015

  • open website

    Peter Bearman, Ka-Yuet Liu, Kinga Makovi, Alix Winter, "The Population Level Impacts of Differential Fertility Behavior of Parents of Children with Autism", Sociological Science, August 10, 2015

Related Projects

  • go to Understanding Autism
    Understanding Autism
    Understanding the factors that have led to an increase in autism prevalence over the last four decades. Funded by the National Institutes of Health