The age at which women gives birth has been steadily rising. Some women even use fertility drugs to give birth at 40+. The older the woman the higher the chance of autism. Any hypothesis that tries to attribute the rise in autism to anything else first needs to control for the rising maternal age.
Thanks for that. I will keep this under consideration. And try to have kids in a timely manner despite the mantra of Millennials.
Having children that late in life is also severely lowering the chance to meet your grandchildren and excluding ever seeing great grandchildren entirely.
Being able to pass down your experiences and knowledge from older family memebers to younger ones is key to securing their future.
Ill get hate for this but teen agers are fertile for a reason.
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