another baby

[Guest guest]

,

I have the 1:20 statistic at home in one of my books, I will check on

that source tonight. In fact when I read that stat. it was stated

(unfortunately) that the chances are " at LEAST one in 20 " , meaning the

chances are possibly even higher because many people with an autisitic

child decide not to have any more. It may have been in the Byrna

Siegle book The world of the autistic child (I'm not sure)? This is a

choice I am currently struggling with myself. Any info posted is

greatly appreciated!

Kathy

mom to

> > If you've had genetic testing done to rule out things like fragile

> X, I think

> > you're chances of having a non-austistic child are good,

especially

> since if

> > there is a chance of some inherited immune weakness you know the

> triggers to

> > avoid - mainly vaccinations and food allergies. My first is

> autistic (boy

> > 7), my second son (almost 5) who received all the early

> vaccinations, had a

> > little speech delay but is now fine (and won't stop talking!), and

> I have a

> > 17 month old unvaccinated daughter who is doing fantastic - walked

> at 10 mos,

> > is saying some words etc.

> > I can't say enough, in addition to just their being themselves,

> what a

> > blessing it is for my son to have some siblings, they've helped

him

> progress

> > by encouraging play and speech. And on a selfish note, though I

> know I can't

> > and wouldn't make them, I'm hopeful that if, god forbid, my son

> continues to

> > need help in the far future, they will be there to look out for

him

> and make

> > sure he gets the care he needs when my husband and I are no longer

> around or

> > able to give that care. Noone can look out for you the way a

> person who

> > loves you can

> >

> >

> > n a message dated 5/3/2001 8:28:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> > lisacna@e... writes:

> >

> > << ust my 2 cents, but genetics do play a role if only a small

> part, other

> > issues like a family history of auto immune problems can spell

> disaster when

> > mixed with vaccinations, all I can say is it will always be a

> risk, I have

> > two children both affected although my youngest was affected most

> severly

> > pre diet, now he is doing quite well. F

> > Re: Fwd: another baby

> >

> >

> > >

> > > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:35:01 EDT MMacGregor@a... writes:

> > > > In a message dated 4/30/01 10:37:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

> > > > MMacGregor

> > > > writes:

> > > > > Anyone know what the chances are of having a second ASD

> child? DD

> > > > is my

> > > > > first.

> > > > >

> > > *

> > > I don't know the recorded scientific data on this, all I can

say

> is that

> > > I know families that have only 1 child ASD out of several

> children ( the

> > > ASD child in some families is the 1st child and no others ASD

> after that,

> > > in some it is their middle child and no others) and yet I also

> know quite

> > > a few families that have several ASD children and one family

> that even

> > > her brother is autistic, she gave birth to an autistic boy and

> had

> > > another child by invetro (spelling?) that also is autistic and

> both her

> > > other brother and her sister had autistic children. I guess

the

> reality

> > > of it all means that you have to be willing and able to take

> upon the

> > > possibilities since in life there are no guarantees.

> > > in New York

> > > *

> > > _______________________ >>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/5/2001 3:05:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

juliem65@... writes:

<< I put this posting up yesterday but have had no responses to it. I

know for a fact I have read in the past 2 days that chances of having

a child with Autism is 1 in 150 and a second child your chances are 1

in 20. >>

The 1 in 150 is the current rate of autism in Brick twp study. I've never

heard nor seen the 1 in 20 chance of a second child being autistic