Do you have a child with Asperger's?

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Do you have a child with Asperger's(AS)?
I'm diagnosed with AS, and my child(boy) has AS. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
I'm diagnosed with AS, and my child(boy) has AS. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
I'm diagnosed with AS, and my child(girl) has AS. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
I'm diagnosed with AS, and my child(girl) has AS. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
I'm selfdiagnosed with AS, and my child(boy) has AS. 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
I'm selfdiagnosed with AS, and my child(boy) has AS. 9%  9%  [ 3 ]
I'm selfdiagnosed with AS, and my child(girl) has AS. 9%  9%  [ 3 ]
I'm selfdiagnosed with AS, and my child(girl) has AS. 9%  9%  [ 3 ]
I don't have AS, but my child(boy) does. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
I don't have AS, but my child(boy) does. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
I don't have AS, but my child(girl) does. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
I don't have AS, but my child(girl) does. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
None of the above, I wrote a post in this thread about it to explain. 21%  21%  [ 7 ]
None of the above, I wrote a post in this thread about it to explain. 24%  24%  [ 8 ]
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19 Feb 2012, 5:20 pm

I'm 32 years old, and I have an 8 month old daughter. I know females will have a lower chance of getting Asperger's than male, so I'm not THAT worried about her, but we are currently talking about getting another kid. So my worries are basicly what the chances for getting a child with AS is when I have AS.



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19 Feb 2012, 8:56 pm

It would be more accurate to say self diagnosed with PDD-NOS, I think.


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30 Mar 2012, 10:54 am

I'm dx'd with AS and have four children and a grandchild who do not have it (that I know of - I didn't know I had it or that it existed until a few years ago)

My kids are 22 boy, (he has a 2 yo daughter) 18 girl, 17 boy, 15 girl


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30 Mar 2012, 11:39 am

Blownmind wrote:
I'm 32 years old, and I have an 8 month old daughter. I know females will have a lower chance of getting Asperger's than male, so I'm not THAT worried about her, but we are currently talking about getting another kid. So my worries are basicly what the chances for getting a child with AS is when I have AS.


Sorry but if you have AS or if your partner has AS your child is quite likely to inherit it as well. I have 2 daughters who are both spectrumites, as am I & their dad. There's a genetic component for us. My oldest daughter just confirmed with me yesterday she was once again DXd (2nd time around-1st was about 6 years ago) with Aspergers. Some people get mild versions & some have greater impairments.


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08 Apr 2012, 9:49 pm

I am autistic and so are a number of my daughters. My husband is also autistic. My nephew is also autistic, which came from me.



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10 Apr 2012, 3:13 pm

ExcitinglyOpaque wrote:
My nephew is also autistic, which came from me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a "nephew" is the son of your brother or sister, isn't it? That means if it came from you, you and your brother/sister had a child, which in most cultures are wrong. But my money would be on a typo of some sort. :?

Thanks for the replies thus far guys'n'girls, I guess I will just have to keep a watchful eye for signs in my newborn.


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19 Aug 2014, 11:34 pm

I'm diagnosed with AS, but I don't have any children at all.