Children with autistic sibling face greater risk, study finds

Monday, August 15, 2011 - 00:00 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% chance that their next child will have autism too, according to a new report.

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