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Older parents more likely to have kids with autism
Here's the story about a new study in the Press Enterprise:
The first-born children of older parents are three times more likely to have autism than their siblings or those born to younger parents, according to a new federally funded study.
This is the largest study to look at the issue of parental age and its role in the developmental disability, said the author, Maureen Durkin, an epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
The study, funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was published in last month's American Journal of Epidemiology. The age limits where Durkin found the increased risk were in women over 35 and men over 40.
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Comments (2)
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I had my first son at age 22, he is not Aspergers. My second son at 23 who has been diagnosed Aspergers and my youngest son at 26, who is currently being tested for Aspergers.
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Interesting. I was over 35 when my daughter was born, and she has mild Aspergers. My son, who has moderate Asperger's, was born before I was 35. My husband is younger than I am. ...
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