I do not currently (that I know of) have a child with autism, perhaps thats why I used the term I did. I am also in the U.S., again perhaps thats why I used the term I did and perhaps because of the term being in much of the media. Personally I do not see the difference, but again thats probably because I am not living with autism. So I do apologize to any one who might have been offended. That said I am hopeful that this thread will not turn into a discussion of terminology as that was never my intent.

As I stated, I do not currently have any children that have been diagnosed nor am I thinking I need a diagnosis yet. I do however have a 1 year old although I do not think he is really showing any signs. If any of my children have a variation of autism it would be my 3 year old little boy but I do not foresee it preventing him from having a normal, interacting social life.

My question was centered more around having more children, being older and having more children, knowing others who have children with autism, and just the curiosity from that article. My wife's body just will not deliver naturally from start to finish. So being older is a concern in and of itself and if there is a link to inductions naturally it would be something to think about. Perhaps my curiosity is just that it is a fascinating thought - inductions having a link to autism. There is much controversy and many view points but nothing that is rock solid that I have ever seen or heard of. So again it was all of the above that caused me to ask the question. Kind of my own sudo-scientific research if you will. Who better to ask than those who have children with autism.

Anyhow, I apologize if I upset or irritated anyone with my terminology. I am still curious if inductions were involved with any one who today has a child with autism. Like Kate and Maz said, some times things just happen. Maybe thats the case with autism and maybe not but the truth is every time we decide to bring a new life into our family's we are rolling the dice to a certain degree - maybe a big degree.