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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?

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  • I know it can be a gift, but for me it's been a curse. I've never had a girlfriend, I've had long bouts of unemployment and never felt 'normal'.

    For me, it seems like I was born 'faulty' rather than 'different'. While I've stopped thinking about suicide, I've sometimes wished that someone would kill me to put me out of my misery.

    I also fear that one day my 'stupidity' will end up killing someone.

    I was diagnosed a couple of months ago - for the past 30 years of my life, I've felt I don't fit in without an explanation. I still sometimes think "I'm not autistic, I'm just thick" despite the evidence, as I leave yet another light on.

    Do I want to inflict that on a child of mine? Especially when there are many kids waiting for adoption, we're adding 100 million people or so a year to this planet and the world is increasingly getting worse.

    I suffer from many intrusive thoughts - I frequently find myself wishing an asteroid would wipe out this whole stupid human race. Brexit, Trump, Daesh, the lot... it's getting me very depressed.

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  • I know it can be a gift, but for me it's been a curse. I've never had a girlfriend, I've had long bouts of unemployment and never felt 'normal'.

    For me, it seems like I was born 'faulty' rather than 'different'. While I've stopped thinking about suicide, I've sometimes wished that someone would kill me to put me out of my misery.

    I also fear that one day my 'stupidity' will end up killing someone.

    I was diagnosed a couple of months ago - for the past 30 years of my life, I've felt I don't fit in without an explanation. I still sometimes think "I'm not autistic, I'm just thick" despite the evidence, as I leave yet another light on.

    Do I want to inflict that on a child of mine? Especially when there are many kids waiting for adoption, we're adding 100 million people or so a year to this planet and the world is increasingly getting worse.

    I suffer from many intrusive thoughts - I frequently find myself wishing an asteroid would wipe out this whole stupid human race. Brexit, Trump, Daesh, the lot... it's getting me very depressed.

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