What are the chances of my child being autistic if his father is?

There have been a great deal of good comments thus far and I find that I can add little to what has been said. Instead, I would like to place particular stress on some of the points raised previously:

The likelihood of your child being autistic is higher since her father is autistic (assuming that he is indeed autistic) and autism is heritable to some degree, but also intermingles with environmental factors, so nothing is guaranteed. Considering everything though, your child is probably more likely to be on the autistic spectrum than a child, neither of whose parents are autistic.

This being said, each individual is different and follow entirely different developmental trajectories (every autistic person is unique), but, as has already been said, recognising that your child is autistic early on can do a great deal for things like social interventions which can make things like communication and understanding easier or at any rate less problematic.

Without disrespect, it would seem to me more likely that if your child was exposed to violent behaviour or observed you being subjected to such behaviour, they might be more likely to utilise those behaviours themselves in the future and as such, your husband being 'out of the picture' may not be so bad. Although, I am reluctant to make this statement as I know nothing of your situation, but I think it is useful for those who are in toxic relationships (not suggesting that yours is or was).

I do hope that things turn out well for you and I would encourage you to continue posting on this forum - there will probably be a few people with potentially similar situations and a great deal of advice.

I should say that these are just my opinions and I am not a professional, just someone interested in autism.

There have been a great deal of good comments thus far and I find that I can add little to what has been said. Instead, I would like to place particular stress on some of the points raised previously:

The likelihood of your child being autistic is higher since her father is autistic (assuming that he is indeed autistic) and autism is heritable to some degree, but also intermingles with environmental factors, so nothing is guaranteed. Considering everything though, your child is probably more likely to be on the autistic spectrum than a child, neither of whose parents are autistic.

This being said, each individual is different and follow entirely different developmental trajectories (every autistic person is unique), but, as has already been said, recognising that your child is autistic early on can do a great deal for things like social interventions which can make things like communication and understanding easier or at any rate less problematic.

Without disrespect, it would seem to me more likely that if your child was exposed to violent behaviour or observed you being subjected to such behaviour, they might be more likely to utilise those behaviours themselves in the future and as such, your husband being 'out of the picture' may not be so bad. Although, I am reluctant to make this statement as I know nothing of your situation, but I think it is useful for those who are in toxic relationships (not suggesting that yours is or was).

I do hope that things turn out well for you and I would encourage you to continue posting on this forum - there will probably be a few people with potentially similar situations and a great deal of advice.

I should say that these are just my opinions and I am not a professional, just someone interested in autism.