Published on 12, July, 2020
The article linked below suggests that the children of older parents may be more likely to be autistic. It caught my eye because my dad was almost 50 when I was born and his own father was a similar age when my dad was born.
I’ve always assumed that it just took them longer to have families because they too were autistic (my dad certainly was) but the article suggests that older parents accumulate more mutations which they pass to their children.
Were your parents older when they had you?
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/link-parental-age-autism-explained/
My parents were 31 when they had me, not sure if this is considered a late birth? I was then diagnosed with autism when I was 6 and a half... I didn't make eye contact, I hated being touched and I was constantly flapping my hands especially when excited. My parents were a bit younger when my sister and brother were born and they don't have autism.