I want to start off by saying my family is absolutely infested with autism. I might be too. My brother has it, so does my cousin and my uncle. No females have it as far as I know. But I have shown strong symptoms, but mildly if that makes sense. I have known there was this possibility for a long time. I am awkward but don't struggle socially if that also makes sense. Like my social skills are a bit bad, but people don't seem to care. Anyway, even if I don't have ASD I definitely have the gene. The trouble is my wife wants a kid now. We've been married for 5 years and I never told her this and I also never told her I ddn't want a kid because of this. I don't want to have kids because of the huge risk. I haven't told her about the autism in my family or anything. I have some questions. Is there any autism foetus screening to catch autism early in the pregnancy? If so, can it be corrected artificially? If not, how do I convince my wife not to have a kid? OR, I am happy to adopt or for her to have sperm donation but then again that would seem strange and I would need to convince her of a reason. I don't want to tell her about the autism in my family or that I might have it. perhaps I can say that I have a huge cancer risk gene? Any advice will be appreciated because I don't know what to do.
