1. Mental Disorders In Parents Linked To Autism In Children, Study Shows

Comment #176898 by Sam Price on May 8, 2008 at 9:34 am

I'll have to show this to my girlfriend when she gets home. She teaches children with autism (moderate/severe) and has been saying for years that the majority of their parents are not quite right in the head. We have always wondered if this was from the stress often attributed to raising autistic children, or a factor in the child's autism itself. Granted I'd have to see more research before drawing any conclusion. I've seen to many potential "causes" of autism at this point to take anything too seriously.