• Replies 12 replies
  • Subscribers 28 subscribers
  • Views 4029 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Heritability of autism

OrangeJuice

Hey everyone

I've a sister who was diagnosed with autism at a young age. I never really thought much about it because shes on the higher end of the spectrum and have only really been looking into the condition until recently

I was hoping someone here would be able to help me find out the odds of having a child with autism given that they have a sibling with the condition.

Does anyone know if such a statistic has been documented?

Parents

  • StephenHarris said:

    I know that the possibility of passing this condition on to my children has made me feel that I shouldn't have any... is that a point of view I should hold or not?

    It depends if you care how others with autism feel. As you're basically saying you don't think they should've existed.

    If there was a cure for ASD or I could go back & be born without it, I'd choose to keep my ASD. No one is perfect. Although ASD can seem a curse, it's also a gift. And there are worse conditions we could have had instead.

Reply

  • StephenHarris said:

    I know that the possibility of passing this condition on to my children has made me feel that I shouldn't have any... is that a point of view I should hold or not?

    It depends if you care how others with autism feel. As you're basically saying you don't think they should've existed.

    If there was a cure for ASD or I could go back & be born without it, I'd choose to keep my ASD. No one is perfect. Although ASD can seem a curse, it's also a gift. And there are worse conditions we could have had instead.

Children
No Data