Is advance maternal age the cause of autism -

[edward viii]

Do you think the rise of autism is because of advanced maternal age. In the past women tended to have kids in their late teens or their early twenties. But with the onset of feminism women have started to have kids in their thirties or god forbid their forties. Chris’s mother was in her forties when she had him which could explain his autism. Personally I think women should have kids in their twenties BEFORE they’d choose a career. I’m not against feminism but I am against women’s choices that put the health of their children at risk

 

[Beaniebon]

Autism has an increased risk with teen moms, parents with an age gap (ie 25 yr old mom, 35 yr old dad), and older parents in general. But overall the risk isn't even that high period. Also a big part of the "rise of autism" is better recognition of the condition. It's probably not that many more than decades ago we can just properly diagnose it now.

This is an autistic thread.

 

[Feline Darkmage]

Autism has an increased risk with teen moms, parents with an age gap (ie 25 yr old mom, 35 yr old dad), and older parents in general. But overall the risk isn't even that high period. Also a big part of the "rise of autism" is better recognition of the condition. It's probably not that many more than decades ago we can just properly diagnose it now.

This is an autistic thread.

All threads on this site are autistic, especially if they have autism in the title.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

Autism has an increased risk with teen moms, parents with an age gap (ie 25 yr old mom, 35 yr old dad), and older parents in general. But overall the risk isn't even that high period. Also a big part of the "rise of autism" is better recognition of the condition. It's probably not that many more than decades ago we can just properly diagnose it now.

This is an autistic thread.

You cant count out things such as autism running through families or things like the increased amount of electromagnetic radiation playing havoc with unborn fetuses

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24095003

A medical study for the links in electromagnetic radiation and autism

 

[melty]

"This theory I just came up with and have no proof of perfectly explains why I don't think women should be in the workforce"

p sure autism has been linked to older paternal age as well as teen moms, so....

 

[Sock Cucker]

No, breeding within the Windsor family and their cousins is the cause.