LindaTeno asked:
If a female with Asperger’s Syndrome marries a male without it, what are the chances that their child will have autism, male or female?
If a female with Asperger’s Syndrome marries a male without it, what are the chances that their child will have autism, male or female?
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Statistics very, it does increase the chances but there are so many factors. I have about the highest risk factor possible. I was dx autistic at 3 and am dyslexic, husband is bipolar. Our family is loaded with autistic spectrum disorders, my brother PDD.NOS, father-asperger’s, sister in law Low functioning autism. There is alcoholism on both sides, allergies on both sides, bowel disease on both sides, AD/HD on both sides, anxiety disorders all over the place.
We have 3 sons, all born in winter. Boys outnumber girls 4:1, children born in winter have a higher incidence. 2 are on the autistic spectrum, 1 is not.
For moderate risk criteria and even high, I estimate that the chances of having a child on the spectrum are about the chances of having an additional child on the spectrum and they are 3-8 percent chance. Once you have two, the chances go way up, some say 30-50 percent.
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