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Sibling spacing may be tied to autism risk: study
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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 400149"><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/10/us-sibling-spacing-idUSTRE7091HQ20110110" target="_blank"><strong>Sibling spacing may be tied to autism risk: study - Reuters</strong></a></p><p></p><p>A new study suggests that kids who are born only a year or two after an older sibling might be more likely to be diagnosed with autism than those with a bigger age gap.</p><p></p><p>The study does not prove that spacing children closer together causes autism in the second sibling, and Cheslack-Postava said there are many possible ways to explain the link - and that she "can't speculate as to what's the most likely."</p><p></p><p>"There's one possible explanation, (which) is that there is some biological factor" such as a mother's nutrient levels or stress that makes a second child more at risk for autism when siblings are closely spaced, Dr. Keely Cheslack-Postava, the study's lead author, from Columbia University, told Reuters Health.</p><p></p><p>The trend could, however, be explained by social factors, Cheslack-Postava said. Parents may be more likely to take a younger sibling to the doctor to be checked out for autism if they remember that only a year or two ago, when their older sibling was the same age, he or she was much farther along in development in certain areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 400149"] [URL='http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/10/us-sibling-spacing-idUSTRE7091HQ20110110'][B]Sibling spacing may be tied to autism risk: study - Reuters[/B][/URL] A new study suggests that kids who are born only a year or two after an older sibling might be more likely to be diagnosed with autism than those with a bigger age gap. The study does not prove that spacing children closer together causes autism in the second sibling, and Cheslack-Postava said there are many possible ways to explain the link - and that she "can't speculate as to what's the most likely." "There's one possible explanation, (which) is that there is some biological factor" such as a mother's nutrient levels or stress that makes a second child more at risk for autism when siblings are closely spaced, Dr. Keely Cheslack-Postava, the study's lead author, from Columbia University, told Reuters Health. The trend could, however, be explained by social factors, Cheslack-Postava said. Parents may be more likely to take a younger sibling to the doctor to be checked out for autism if they remember that only a year or two ago, when their older sibling was the same age, he or she was much farther along in development in certain areas. [/QUOTE]
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