My husband and I have a 3 yr old autistic son.?

Question

If we decide to have another child, are the chances high that our 2nd child with have autism?

Answer 1

Not likely, but xpers say 3 to six children out of every 1,000 will have autism you can go 2 autism.com

my mom has a certain disorder, but I didn't get it so don't worry yourself consider yourself lucky you have a child and if you want another why not?

          J J

Answer 2

While we certainly can offer our opinion, and many of us have experience with families with several students with Autism of varying severity - if this is a concern I would suggest that you undergo some genetic testing and counseling to see if there is something that may be identified.

Obviously this works better with some disabilities than others but I would certainly investigate the possibility if I was in your position.

Answer 3

The chances are higher for parents of an autistic child to have another autistic child compared to parents who do not have an autistic child, but it's not 100% by any means.  The incidence is around 5-6%.  Chances of having a "normal" child: over 90%.  Good luck!

http://autism.about.com/od/copingwithaut...  my source

Answer 4

statistics show that there is about a 4% chance that an additional child will have autism--slight increase from families without autism which is 1 in 150 or less tahn 1%

if the autism is caused by a genetic disorder like Fragile X-than there is a 25% chanceto have  a boy with fragile x--girls would be okay

no one knows why the 4%--it is just based on statistics of fmailies taht currently have autism

Answer 5

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