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Is Autism hereditary?

MXanado

Please, I'm looking for information.

I live in a society where almost all marriages are arranged (not here to discuss arranged marriages).

A suiter has come for my daughter who seems to check all the boxes.

However, he has 6 brothers, one of which is Autistic.

Does this increase the likelihood that he will have an autistic child?

Thanks

M

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  • I've been on this site for a while now, I came seeking people like me, and to gain an external view of autism such as the normies might get of myself. I'm not surprised the poor man is asking this question!

    This forum is NOT full of happy well adjusted people describing happy lives is it? I have periods of trying tor read ALL the posts not just the ones I appear in, and the picture I get of "Autistic life", is not often a rosy one.

    Can you really blame the guy for not wanting his grandkids to be neurodivergent, especially in a society where fitting in may well be more of a matter of life and death? Dont; ever forget people, WE are living the easy life that people travel thousands of miles to get a piece of!  

    OTOH, as a few of you hint at, when an Autist does "make good", we seem to make very good indeed. 

    But if the OP isn't a gambler, he may well prefer the non-autistic option! And in his situation it appears he has a role to play, and is trying to play it to the best of his abilty. Whether we agree or not, makes no difference to his situation.   

    When I came here I was pretty gung-ho to form an Autist army and "seize power" believing that a part of Autism was an appreciation of what it feels like to be "othered" together with an enhanced sensitivity of how interconnected everything is and how careful we should tread, and therefore we would be good leaders.

    Apparently I had got completely the wrong end of the stick. A few posters have found some elightenment and contentment in their lives, but SO MANY of us write like tortured souls, it isn't a good advert for the "difference" at all..

    If we "deserve to be preserved" as a minorty we need to be clear about what it is that we bring to the party I believe, and er, make sure the normies know it, so as they want to include us as part of greater humanity..

  • in reply to I Sperg

    I think that the most gifted autistics are a definite advantage to humanity. An additional viewpoint to the normative can be of immense benefit. Such autistics can contribute to solving problems by unusual abilities in lateral and abstract modes of thinking, and the ability to focus on details has many applications.

  • in reply to Martin

    I've been dismayed to find that whilst that is true, using this forum as a mirror, I've also been moving towards an understanding of why I can try peoples patience... 

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