My Dad was 51 when I came along, and aside from a distinctively cantankerous nature, I'm fine.
When you say you're on the spectrum, does that mean you've been diagnosed with tendancies or a very mild case?
I was actually diagnosed with asperger's at 16. Autism, like many neurological disorders have what you can call a "spectrum", meaning you have your mild cases that are barely noticeable and could be a different disorder in itself to the very severe. I have Asperger's, which is on the high end of the spectrum (Hence, why we're speaking).
PM me if you want to talk more about it.
"In the group whose fathers were aged 40 to 49, the rate rose to 32 in 10,000 (5.75 times higher)."
There is still a fat chance of having an autistic child due to being an "overage" daddy. So it's not as if it's epidemic. This stat is just 0.3% of the "elder" population. Not even worth really worrying about. It's greater than the younger, but still tiny.