Category Archives: Autism
Children Born After Sibling with Autism at Greater Risk
A new study from scientists associated with the Baby Siblings Research Consortium finds that the risk for autism spectrum disorder in children with older siblings who have autism is 18.7 percent. According to CNN, the study monitored 664 infants from infancy to 36 months who had an older brother or sister with autism. These recent findings are much higher than previous studies that found a recurrence risk of three percent to 10 percent. The risk for autism recurrence is even higher in families with more than one affected sibling–33 percent. The study also noted that male infants experienced a 26 percent risk for autism, three times greater than female infants’ risk of nine percent. Parental age, older sibling gender and birth order were not predictors of autism, in that a second child born with autism increases the third child’s risk even if the first child does not have the disorder….
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No Single Link to Autism, Says New Study
According to the Disability Scoop, a new study has found that no single factor can be attributed to an autism diagnosis. Researchers examined 40 previous studies and aspects of a child’s birth and neonatal condition, and how those factors may contributed to receiving an autism diagnosis later in life. The researchers did find that some issues, such as brain injury, feeding difficulties and low birth weight did increase the risk of autism, but that it is not likely that a single factor can be attributed to an onset of the developmental disorder. The study published in the journal of Pediatrics found that exposure to a number of risk factors increases the chances of autism. Broad class of conditions reflecting general compromises to perinatal and neonatal health may increase the risk, but no single factor can be implicated, said Hannah Gardener of the University of Miami. The research did find that…
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Fraternal Twin Studies Reveal that Autism May Begin In Utero
An article recently published in the Austin American Statesman reveals new research that could impact the way we view autism. According to the article, the study showed a high incidence of autism in sets of fraternal twins. Identical twins are twins produced when a single egg splits in utero. Identical twins share genetic material and are genetically more similar than regular siblings; because of this, if one identical twin is autistic, there is a high chance that the other twin will also be autistic. Fraternal twins, on the other hand, are twins produced from two separate eggs in the womb. Fraternal twins share the same amount of genetic material as regular siblings; they simply share the womb at the same time. Of the sets of fraternal twins in the study, both twins had autism in 31 percent of male twin sets and in 36 percent of female twin sets. These…
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