Well, it’s not quite true that autism cannot be detected early. Many can be detected early. The question is what are you going to do about it when there’s abortion is not allowed?

This is a lifestyle problem.it starts with men having significantly less sperm than the 90s or earlier. Could be stress at work. Could be bad habit of insufficient sleep. Could be the food. Could be the rise of obesity. So quality of sperm has also dropped. I do not have statistics for female egg count and quality but my guess is that it’s the same drop in quantity and quality. That’s why the rise in IVF, infertility and autistic kids.

Another root cause is because cost of living is so high, people are delaying marriage and delaying having a child. So the age of giving birth also increased. Both are statistically proven in Malaysia. Including rise of autistic children in Malaysia. No proof but a clear correlation in data. Since woman release a fixed number of eggs in their lifetime, the later they conceive, the poorer the grade. But most will find out from fertility clinics is that both are the reason or no reason can be found because it’s rarely a clear reason which person is the cause of fertility.

Like you said, it takes extreme patience and cost to raise an autistic child. I think most parents will want to make sure their kids can take care of THEMSELVES when the parents are no longer around hence the effort to nurture them even at higher cost. More people are buying insurance for this when pregrant. I also foresee most couples will opt for IVF even when they are perfectly fine to avoid autistic kids especially when IVF cost has steadily come down and more accessible. Obviously more have opt not to have kids altogether

This post has been edited by PS8805: Oct 24 2024, 09:50 AM