Assessing Risk for future children

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On another one of my groups, someone mentioned that Dr Sears had stated that if

you have a boy with autism, then you have a 7% chance of having another child on

the spectrum. If you have a girl with ASD, then your risk of having another

child on the spectrum is 4%. (Although I do think these percentages are really

low.) Anyway, given that MDS/DS is on the neurological spectrum, it makes me

wonder if the 1% is a tad low for recurrence risk and if there is any info

(although I doubt it, but I wanted to ask) regarding the percentages for risks

being different if your current child with MDS/DS is a boy or a girl?

Also, (just thinking outloud here) wouldn't the percentages for recurrence risk

depend largely on the reason for the MDS/DS to begin with? (For example, if age

did or did not play a factor, or if parent had an undiagnosed percentage,

combination of parental traits likely to cause, etc...)

Just curious.8)