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Re:Systemisers are better at maths by mamon on Saturday August 04, 2018 @01:34PM (#17687716)
My guess would be much simpler: older parents == worse genes. It is already proved that some disorders happen more often to children of parent aged 35+ (Down syndrome for instance)
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Re:Systemisers are better at maths by bla2 on Saturday August 04, 2018 @02:17PM (#17687884)
Or older parents == better circumstances for kid, and better chances for kid with autism to be successful.
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Re:Systemisers are better at maths by s-shellfish on Saturday August 04, 2018 @02:21PM (#17687900)
Ability to create stable mental framework.
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Re:Systemisers are better at maths by SamReidHughes on Saturday August 04, 2018 @02:35PM (#17687955)
Yep, this is the most prominent theory for why older fathers, particularly, are correlated with autism.
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Re:Systemisers are better at maths by A2017U1 on Sunday August 05, 2018 @03:16AM (#17690158)
It's not just autism, a whole range of disorders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternal_age_effect

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