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ChadTower:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on December 05, 2007, 01:55:10 pm ---Interesting (I seem to be saying that a lot in this thread) ... there are studies that indicate that the divorce rate for couples with autistic children runs at 80-90%.

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A larger than usual percetange of the kids I have worked with have divorced parents... often to the point that the father is MIA.  They just up and run off.  A couple had moms takes off but most of them were the men.  One was a stepfather who took off when the kid was diagnosed (but the kid wasn't his).

Xam:
I don't have autistic children of my own, but my kids best friend is autistic as are the 4 children across the street from me.

My kids friend is "high functioning". He is for the most part "normal" but with a few clicks. I know when things aren't on pattern he tends to have more problems. He is also a great kid. He played on my kids basketball team and I was his coach. He was awesome in the fact that he tried harder than any other kid. He also showed more improvement than any of the others. He has since "graduated" from my team and made his schools basketball team.

The kids across the street vary from high to low "functioning". They are also great kids and are constantly at the house playing with my kids.

I guess my point is, autism is not a "death sentence". Many autistics lead productive and normal lives.

I hope this is the case with your child. I will keep your family in prayer.

Xam

SirPeale:
They've said that our son Riley isn't autistic, but has many autistic tendencies. 

*shrug* whatever that means.  He's definitely got some issues.

SirPeale:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 05, 2007, 09:52:51 am ---
--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 05, 2007, 09:41:49 am ---I'm curious, has there been any link showing that autism is hereditary?

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Even the slightest amount of research, as little as typing "autism" in over at Wikipedia, would show that autism is considered inherited by nearly all experts and theories.

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There was an episode of Extreme Home Makeover where the parents had a child, and was diagnosed as autistic shortly thereafter.  They asked "is this hereditary" and were told absolutely not.  They had four more children.  Three of which are autistic.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Peale on December 09, 2007, 05:39:20 am ---There was an episode of Extreme Home Makeover where the parents had a child, and was diagnosed as autistic shortly thereafter.  They asked "is this hereditary" and were told absolutely not.  They had four more children.  Three of which are autistic.

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That's practically malpractice right here.  If the doctor wants to give an opinion, that's fine, but they shouldn't be stating it as fact like that.  The doctor cannot possibly have the research behind him to state that as fact.

Then again, jim has a point about some parents... I've met more than a couple of them that wanted to blame anything other than their own genes.

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