Earlier this year, the hubby showed me an article that he had read stating that there was a link between older fathers and their children having Autism. My husband was genuinely upset and sad when he read this. He said something to me like, "I'm sorry if I caused Dominic's Autism." If you Google "causes of Autism" there are many things that will pop up such as genetic, environmental, and maternal age, just to name a few. For many years, Autism was said to be blamed on "refrigerator moms." The thinking was that if the mom was "cold" like a refrigerator, and lacked maternal "warmth," then that's why her child had Autism. So sad for all of those moms that thought that. When you have a child with special needs it just doesn't affect the child, it affects everyone in the family. Parents sometimes blame each other for their child's special needs. I read something that said parents of special needs children have a hig...
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