Autism is caused by a lot of things that impact genes.
But the biggest is the fathers age.
Maybe young men should start storing their sperm at age 20 for when they decide if/when to have kids.
As much as the mano sphere likes to say women are expired at 30. The truth is, in regards to fertility, we have perfect eggs our entire life.
But male sperm declines fast. And not only that. Sperm count has decreased by like 50% or something in 50 years. Probably pollution.
But I’m not here to say men expire at 25. Because men have more value than their sex cells , just like women.
I am here to say that this knowledge could be used to reduce the risk of genetic errors and miscarriages.
As much of a proponent I am for neurodivergent people, a large chunk of people with autism are not high functioning and have moderate to severe cognitive problems.
Let’s try our best to bring healthy children into this world.
due to the difficulties with social interactions autistics do by average build the relationships that accomodate parenthood at a later age than other people.
So you’re saying that when looking for a correlation between age of the father and prevalence of autism of the child, you need to account for the confounding factor of heritability since among a population of fathers who are older, there will be a higher prevalence of autism than in a population of fathers of an even distribution of ages (the general population) due to the social factor.
Sounds like a reasonable and logical take. Are you aware of any studies that show this or is it your own hypothesis?
Autism is caused by a lot of things that impact genes.
But the biggest is the fathers age.
Maybe young men should start storing their sperm at age 20 for when they decide if/when to have kids.
As much as the mano sphere likes to say women are expired at 30. The truth is, in regards to fertility, we have perfect eggs our entire life.
But male sperm declines fast. And not only that. Sperm count has decreased by like 50% or something in 50 years. Probably pollution.
But I’m not here to say men expire at 25. Because men have more value than their sex cells , just like women.
I am here to say that this knowledge could be used to reduce the risk of genetic errors and miscarriages.
As much of a proponent I am for neurodivergent people, a large chunk of people with autism are not high functioning and have moderate to severe cognitive problems.
Let’s try our best to bring healthy children into this world.
into a terminal ill ecosphere!
btw, the correlation between autistic fathers’ age and autistic offspring is a social one. quiet obviously.
Could you please explain, because it’s not obvious to me and if true that sounds like something I’d like to understand.
due to the difficulties with social interactions autistics do by average build the relationships that accomodate parenthood at a later age than other people.
So you’re saying that when looking for a correlation between age of the father and prevalence of autism of the child, you need to account for the confounding factor of heritability since among a population of fathers who are older, there will be a higher prevalence of autism than in a population of fathers of an even distribution of ages (the general population) due to the social factor.
Sounds like a reasonable and logical take. Are you aware of any studies that show this or is it your own hypothesis?