Are you horrified? I would have been.
"Do you think we should have another?"
"I don't know."
"If we had another like Jane, then maybe. But what if they were like Anthony... or David...or had greater difficulties?"
"I just don't know if we would could cope?"
"Me neither."
And here is no way to know if our next child could have difficulties until they did. There is currently some agreement that autism is likely genetic but there is no medical type blood test or otherwise to see if your child has autism. Autism is a diagnosis decided by a panel who look sat your child's difficulties and discuss whether these represent a triad of impairments that warrant an autism diagnosis. There is no Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) for autism, although there may be one day. Even if there was, whatever your view, I don't think I personally could choose between a baby with difficulties and a baby without. This means, if we don't think we could cope with another child with autism or any other disabilities then the safest option is to not have anymore kids.
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