03-24-2021, 01:03 AM
With autism, I suspect parents prefer to find a scapegoat to take all the blame given that their genetics and age at conception are likely suspects. One guy I played football with has a girl with Aspergers and when he went to some specialist he was surprised when he was told she may have inherited it from him. He’d never realised he might qualify for that diagnosis but I had to bite my tongue when he told me as it’s so obvious.
That’s not to say parents who pass on heritable conditions to their children should feel guilty. But how difficult would it be to see your children suffer when you do feel guilty about it.
That’s not to say parents who pass on heritable conditions to their children should feel guilty. But how difficult would it be to see your children suffer when you do feel guilty about it.