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Chances of my babies having Autism

Tezz

Hey, 

I'm new to this forum and I'm still learning about autism as I generally know nothing about it, I'm so sorry if I sound silly with what I'm saying. 

Basically I have a 2 year old girl, twin boys who are 10 months and I'm pregnant with our 4th little one. We didn't know my husband had autism, his just been diagnosed with it after problems when our twins were born. 

I've heard that autism runs in families, there's no autism in my family going way back but there are in my husbands (obviously including him) And I'm wondering what the chances are of any of our children having Autism. 

Im not sure there is really any answer to this other than wait it out but I thought I would ask.

Thanks 

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    • Studies have shown that among identical twins, if one child has ASD, then the other will be affected about 36-95% of the time. In non-identical twins, if one child has ASD, then the other is affected about 0-31% of the time. [1-4]
    • Parents who have a child with ASD have a 2%–18% chance of having a second child who is also affected.[5,6]
    • ASD tends to occur more often in people who have certain genetic or chromosomal conditions. About 10% of children with autism are also identified as having Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, or other genetic and chromosomal disorders.[7-10]
    • Almost half (about 44%) of children identified with ASD has average to above average intellectual ability. [Read article]
    • Children born to older parents are at a higher risk for having ASD. [Read summary]
    • A small percentage of children who are born prematurely or with low birth weight are at greater risk for having ASD. [Read summary]
    • ASD commonly co-occurs with other developmental, psychiatric, neurologic, chromosomal, and genetic diagnoses. The co-occurrence of one or more non-ASD developmental diagnoses is 83%. The co-occurrence of one or more psychiatric diagnoses is 10%. [Read summary]
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    • Studies have shown that among identical twins, if one child has ASD, then the other will be affected about 36-95% of the time. In non-identical twins, if one child has ASD, then the other is affected about 0-31% of the time. [1-4]
    • Parents who have a child with ASD have a 2%–18% chance of having a second child who is also affected.[5,6]
    • ASD tends to occur more often in people who have certain genetic or chromosomal conditions. About 10% of children with autism are also identified as having Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, or other genetic and chromosomal disorders.[7-10]
    • Almost half (about 44%) of children identified with ASD has average to above average intellectual ability. [Read article]
    • Children born to older parents are at a higher risk for having ASD. [Read summary]
    • A small percentage of children who are born prematurely or with low birth weight are at greater risk for having ASD. [Read summary]
    • ASD commonly co-occurs with other developmental, psychiatric, neurologic, chromosomal, and genetic diagnoses. The co-occurrence of one or more non-ASD developmental diagnoses is 83%. The co-occurrence of one or more psychiatric diagnoses is 10%. [Read summary]
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