I hate opening threads on FR on Child Development topics because of all the insensitive responses from people that know nothing about the subject. The common answer is we are not spanking enough, or we are bad parents, or like one reply I read here, we caused it by our “recreational drug use”. I was one of those doubters myself once. My son now 10, made me a believer. If they could only walk in our shoes.
I'm sorry if you thought my question was insensitive. I don't know much about autism so I am just asking questions. In the same way that's it's politically incorrect to suggest that single mothers sometimes hook up with abusive men, or that people on welfare may be using drugs, I had never heard of any research regarding drug abuse and birth defects, although other substances that regularly enter the body, such as cigarette smoke and alcohol seem to harm some children in the womb. In any event,
here's some insensitive research, regarding autism.