Older fathers 'raise autism risk'

BBC ^ | 9/4/6

[ZGuy]

Ping

[meandog]

old fathers or old sperm?

[Wolfie]

Oh crap. My father's older now than at any other time in my life. I hope I'm not susceptible.

[Strategerist]

My Dad was 50, no problems here. Definitely no problems.

[Perdogg]

This is an attempt by the feminazi driven media in Briton to try to "equal the playing field between men and women."

Do any of Mick Jager's children suffer??? I am sure if there were a case for damaged sperm, it would be his.

[End Times Sentinel]

I don't know if it's really autism. When my second was born, I was just too busy to talk to him for the first five years of his life. Some would say that's the reason he doesn't speak or acknowledge others.

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.

[muawiyah]

DNA methylation.

Good term to learn about. 'splains those non-mutation "mutations". Probably the source of male homosexuality as well.

[Obadiah]

LOL

[Obadiah]

Do you buy your underwear at K-Mart? And ah, what time does Judge Wapner come on?

[TypeZoNegative]

I'm on the spectrum myself and my father was my age (25) when I was concieved.

[dmz]

This is an attempt by the feminazi driven media in Briton to try to "equal the playing field between men and women.
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So you are suggesting that the UK and US researchers totally fudged their findings so the "feminazi driven media in Briton" would have something to crow about?

Too funny.

[Global2010]

Are you absolutely definite about that. /sarcasm

[Perdogg]

I think there conclusions might be driven by that. Men have been fathering children for generations after the age of 40. My father was conceived when my Grandfather was 45. Andre Segovia and Pablo Picasso had children after 70.

[Global2010]

I have an opinion and it is not daddy's wigglers but from Mom's.

Men produce sperm but woman are born with a lifetime of eggs.

Also women may have medical conditions that can pass through the placenta.

I would put my money on some chromosome/genetic flaw in the womans older eggs.

[dmz]

And my uncle fathered children in his '60's. I'm not sure, though, what the point of anecdotal evidence plays in this discussion.

Show some scientific (not anecdotal) evidence that conclusions were agenda driven, and you'll be everyone's hero.

[MinuteGal]

Charlie Chaplin had 11 children by four marriages.

His youngest child was born when Charlie was 73 years old.

No known record of autism in the children.

Leni

[Hildy]

My brother was 35 when his son was born with autism.

[Hildy]

Parents of autistic children are usually of higher intelligence. I'm watching Dr. Manny Alvarez on FOX right now and am surprised to hear that his son is autistic. My brother was a certified genius, as is his wife. My Dad's best friend was beyond genius and his wife, a world-renowned artist, they had an autistic son. I think autism is the exact opposite of mental retardation.

[Publius6961]

"... those born to men over 40 were six times more at risk than those born to men under 30."

Damned lies and statistics...

What happened to men between 30 and 40, probably the age range of increasingly more and more "normal" (married) fathers?
I would give this report more credence if the stats were tabulated continuously by age, including the youngest, as well as the oldest...