Parental Age and Autism Spectrum Disorders

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mother 24,
father 25

Father 19
Mother 15

Mom was 32, Dad was 36.

I could swear I'd read some papers somewhere about paternal age being significant in autism. Something about how men produce a lot of sperm during their lifetimes, and by their 40s you're getting more genetic glitches than before.

Parents were 20 or so. Father may very well be on the spectrum.

mom 19 and biological man was 29

Mom: 25
Dad: 35

I'm the oldest, my brother was born to parents Mom: 32 & Dad: 42 and he's... well, he's not normal but he's not an aspie either.

Early 20s

I haven't heard of this, but if age of the parent matters at all, it would probably be the mother. If I remember correctly, in women all of the gametes (eggs) are created when they are concieved, then sort of go into stasis until they are needed, at which point they finish meiosis and go wait to be fertilized. Becauae of the long delay before they are used, genetic degradation can occur, resulting in many genetic issues. Mothers over (I think) 40 have an extremely increased riak of a child with down syndrome because of this.

mom was 22
dad was 28

I've explained why this "research" is unsound before, but I can do it again. Aspie males get their first relationship and children several years later than NTs, which means that Aspie parents, on average, are older than NT parents. This alone can explain any correlation between paternal age and children with AS. It is pretty differcult to control for this as well, so I see no easy way of eliminating this bias.

My mom was 30 and my dad was 32.

Mom: 29
Dad: 40

Ma: 31
Dad: 34

There is some evidence that Asperger's & related stuff runs on my mother's side of the family. By some evidence, I mean a great uncle who, judging by my grandmother's description of him, may have been an aspie, as well as a few incidences of hyperlexia, dyslexia, and prosopagnasia.