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Autism Clusters Identified in California

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Ten locations in California have recently been identified to have higher rates of autism than other surrounding areas. Called autism clusters, these areas have high concentrations of white residents, most of whom are highly educated parents.

More autism clusters are hoping to be uncovered by the University of California Davis researchers. This is being done in order to discover anything in the environment that may be triggering a rise in (more…)

More Autistic Children with Well-educated Parents

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Children who were born to parents considered to be well-educated tend to have greater chance of having autism. Even researchers from the University of California Davis were surprised by this findings.