Oldest child being autistic

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I'm an only child. And I believe that's true because of all the problems I had from the beginning.

I am the oldest in my family and have had the most problems. I am diagnosed as an adult. My siblings have Aspie traits , well, 2 of 3 anyway but have been more successful at making their way than me. They all had a better time in school, making their young adulthood less impulsive and random than mine. And 2 of them avoided marriage and family(including the most NT brother)which also made it easier to be more stable and financially successful.

My parents both had traits and were oldest/only children. My Mom was seriously shy and isolated if she didn't make an effort (which she did--great example for me!) and Dad was very smart, opinionated, things had to be his way, had special interests and routines and had not one friend in our city. He had friends at work and was kind of chatty if he wanted to be but also had no filter, very tense environment around him.

I'm the youngest. My sis has aspie traits but it's far less noticeable.

And then with my own children, the middle kid has the most trouble and has a formal diagnosis. The oldest and youngest have traits but their gifts (engineer brain and gift of gab) have helped them get by and hold jobs/etc.

I noticed that with my siblings. Though my sister was born first, she has Aspie traits my brother does not. But my brother has tics she doesn't, so it balances out?



I dunno. I'm the middle child and I cause the most trouble, my sister being the second.

Oldest of three, and the only male.

I'm the eldest of a meager two children. Honestly, I don't think the eldest children are more likely to be afflicted with autism, not unless there's some evidence to suggest this is the case. I don't really buy evidence from analogy alone.

I'm the oldest of four girls. My three younger sisters are all NT.

Only child...all of my mental and physical development was delayed.

This sounds like a very logical assertion, but if you add all the 2nd, 3rd, 4th (etc) children in the world (or on the forum) together into a single category, then ignore all the individuals with no siblings, would that be a fair comparison?
(forgive what might sound like a stupid question, I suck at math in general, but I excel at making things up and misinterpreting statistics )

I'm not suggesting that there's a cause, but the preliminary results of our very narrow and unscientific poll look quite striking to me.