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.

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