Children with autistic sibling face greater risk
Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 15:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers say there is a 19% chance that a child will have autism if he or she has an older sibling with autism. Older studies had put the risk of recurrence at 3% to 10%.If parents have a child with some form of autism, there is a 19 percent chance that their next child will have autism too, according to a new report.