Published on 12, July, 2020
I think we are all aware autism runs in families. I have a 34 year old Autistic son with "moderate learning disabilities", official diagnosis. He has challenging behaviour and has been in an NHS behavioural support unit for 7 years. The reason for this long stay is due to our local council not providing suitable support in the community, hopefully that will change soon. I also have a granddaughter on the Autistic spectrum, two nephews have Aspergers ,and one of my brothers has recently been diagnosed with Aspergers. There are definite tendencies in other family members. I know of other families with 2 or more Autistic children, ours spans 3 generations.
I am the only diagnosed in our family, but I firmly believe that my maternal aunt is autistic, and also her cousin's daughter (I can never quite work out the relationship to me, there... Second cousin once removed?).