Autism Speaks responds to recent publications citing autism clusters in California
Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 04:56
in Psychology & Sociology
Two recent, separate publications identified regions with higher than expected numbers of autism cases -- or clusters -- in California. Using data collected by the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) on 2.5 million births including almost 10,000 autism cases from 1996-2000, investigators at UC Davis uncovered several clusters of elevated risk for autism.