Near Birth Distance Increase Autism Risk

Spacing of children who are too close to potentially increase the risk of autism for a second child. Thus the results of the preliminary findings of a study of more than half a million children in California.

 

Children who are born less than two years after their brother, allegedly had a greater risk of autism than those born after a gap of three years.
The sooner parents contain a second child, the greater the likelihood the child suffering from autism. The effect was found in the parents in all age groups, thus refuted suggestions that parents of older age is a cause of autism risk, instead of short birth spacing.


"Honestly, the results of this study is quite surprising to us," said Peter Bearman, a senior writer at Columbia University, New York, as quoted by the Straits Times on Monday

"Whatever we do, whether to investigate the severity of autism, parental age, or other dimensions that we could think of, we can not get rid of this invention," said Bearman.

In the United States, a short distance more and more births occur. Largely because many women are now choosing to delay pregnancy, or precisely because of unplanned pregnancy.