Autism Odds Double For Kids Born To Moms Over 40

Disability Scoop: Older mothers are more likely to give birth to a child with autism, largely irrespective of the father’s age, one of the biggest population-based studies of and parental ageautism has found.

The risk of having a child with autism increases by 18 percent for every five years a woman ages before giving birth, according to research published online Monday in the journal Autism Research. That means a 40-year-old woman is 50 percent more likely to have a child with autism than a mother who is age 25 to 29.

A father’s age only seems to matter when the mother is under age 30, but

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