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cory777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:37 PM Original message |
Study confirms link between older mothers, autism |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. No doubt this will be opposed |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Frankly the thought process has been that both genetics |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Correlation Does not Mean Causality |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. When my sis-in-law was in nursing school, they were |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I've heard that the younger the father is, the higher the rate of autism? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. I've also heard that older fathers have an increased risk of having schizophrenic |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Right, the male model doesn't work for female anatomy |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Then let's fight the world............. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I mooned "the world" a long time ago |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Women and children, at least in this case. |
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cory777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Are you saying autistic kids are just more anti-social? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Depends On The Definition of Autism |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I really think so-called high-level autism |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Agreed |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Or maybe that children of older parents actually do quite well in life? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Also women who have children later in life |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. eggs eventually go "stale" |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Stale? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. yes they do.. |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. or it can happen at 33... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes that's right.. |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. i was 11 - so 19 yrs of ovulating before i noticed something was wrong. |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. Replace the word 'autism'... |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. So there's really a risk at any age? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. The odds are against the older moms, but I too had a child with a serious birth defect..at age 24 |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Well, sometimes you have to wait...... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. There are always mitigating circumstances |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Don't feel guilty...... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I got over it, but it drove me nuts for a long time..wondering |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. oops a dupe |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. "Autism" is almost a catch-all term these days |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. That does seem to be a problem. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. You are correct. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 02:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. and I had my first daughter 2 weeks before my 40th birthday, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. Both Parents’ Ages Linked to Autism Risk |
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