Siblings of autistic children face increased autism risk, new research confirms

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Siblings of autistic children face increased autism risk, new research confirms
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Siblings of autistic children have a 20% chance of being autistic themselves -; about seven times higher than the rate in infants with no autistic siblings.

University of California - Davis HealthJul 17 2024

Ozonoff noted that there have also been changes in autism diagnostic criteria over the past decade. In addition, there is a growing awareness of autism in girls. A larger, more diverse study The new study included data from 1,605 infants at 18 research sites. All infants had an older autistic sibling.

Related Stories"If a family's first autistic child was a girl, they were 50% more likely to have another child with autism than if their first autistic child was a boy," Ozonoff said. "This points to genetic differences that increase recurrence likelihood in families who have an autistic daughter."

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