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Is Autism genetic?

Amy

Hello

Firtly I am not sure exactly where to put this or what to call it. So I appolagise if it is in the rong place. 

I was watching the program about tracing human history through genes earlier this evening. (It is on BBC iPlayer here www.bbc.co.uk/.../) 

I did not find it as insteresting as It could have been, but it was insteresting to watch, I will be watching the seccond epicode tommorow. 
But, It got me thinking about my own genes. I know no-one knows the cause of Autism but I was wondering if it is known if Autism shows up in DNA? Expecially because it can be common for a whole family to be affected-which indicates something genetic. 

Just thought this was an insteresting topic after the program got me thinking. Any thoughts I would love to know. 
Amy  

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  • This is interesting! We are currently waiting to have Genetic Testing carried out on my family due to my son's autism. We are actually looking forward to finding out what, if anything, it can tell us about the condition.

    Hope - your post is of particular interest to me - all through my pregnancy (due to numerous previous miscarriages) I was stressed and also had hormone injections for the first 6 weeks to 'maintain' the pregnancy. When Jack was born he had the cord wrapped round his neck twice and didn't immediately cry out - in fact he just stared up at us as if to say 'What the hell just happened?'

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  • This is interesting! We are currently waiting to have Genetic Testing carried out on my family due to my son's autism. We are actually looking forward to finding out what, if anything, it can tell us about the condition.

    Hope - your post is of particular interest to me - all through my pregnancy (due to numerous previous miscarriages) I was stressed and also had hormone injections for the first 6 weeks to 'maintain' the pregnancy. When Jack was born he had the cord wrapped round his neck twice and didn't immediately cry out - in fact he just stared up at us as if to say 'What the hell just happened?'

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