The Los Angeles Times produced a series of articles called “Discovering Autism”. The series is in four parts and represents was researched for years. The articles are: Autism boom: an epidemic of disease or of discovery? Autism rates have increased twentyfold in a generation, stirring parents’ deepest fears and prompting a search for answers. But [...]
Archive for the ‘Peter Bearman’ Category
Los Angeles Times: Discovering Autism
Friday, December 23rd, 2011Increased autism risk found in closely spaced pregancies
Monday, January 10th, 2011Prof. Peter Bearman is the Jonathan Cole Professor of the Social Sciences at Columbia University. His team has been delving in-depth into the California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS) data on autism. There are some big caveats to using the CDDS data. These include: The CDDS dataset is based on administrative prevalence. In other words, [...]
Age of diagnosis for autism: individual and community factors across 10 birth cohorts
Saturday, November 6th, 2010Prof. Peter Bearman’s group at Columbia has a new paper out: Age of diagnosis for autism: individual and community factors across 10 birth cohorts. The study looks at children receiving services from the California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS). The CDDS dataset is not a “census” of autistics in California, but is a registry of [...]
Social Demographic Change and Autism: part 2
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010Prof. Peter Bearman’s group is studying the causes for the rise in autism prevalence, using data from the California Department of Developmental Services. I recently wrote a rather long introduction to their recent paper, Social Demographic Change and Autism. The study abstract is here: Social Demographic Change and Autism Liu K, Zerubavel N, Bearman P. [...]
- TPGA: IMFAR 2012: An Update on the ASD DSM-5 Recommendations
- Some first-hand reports from IMFAR
- Adult Outcomes in Autism: A Prospective Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Early Intensive Intervention: A 20 Year Follow-Up
- ASAN: Urge For the Ban on Aversives in Massachusetts!
- Study Finds Early Childhood Educators Can Effectively Screen Students For Autism In Underserved Communities
- The Implications of DSM V: Changes in Diagnostic Outcomes in An Adult Clinical Sample Re-Diagnosed According to the Proposed DSM V
- IMFAR 2012 begins
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- J.B. Handley Forsworn
- The blogger and the doctor
- Md. suspends autism doctor's license
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- The Crash and Burn of an Autism Guru
- Health experts stress importance of MMR
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- The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear -- Grinker 168 (3): 332 -- Am J Psychiatry
- Jenny McCarthy: Still Sticking with Debunked Autism Theory and Using ‘Mob Mind’ as Excuse
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