Half Fertility Clinics Allow Parents To Pick Gender

Embryo screening usually checks for abnormalities, but also predicts sex
      Note: Selecting a female child greatly reduces the risk of autism, especially for families already with autism. -ed.
      By The Associated Press.
http://sar.c.topica.com/maafbiBabttaVbo44M1baeQyH5/
      Boy or girl? Almost half of U.S. fertility clinics that offer embryo screening say they allow couples to choose the sex of their [...]

New findings indicate autism affects “all of the brain”

Yes, it’s official.  Autistic brains are wired differently than non-autistic brains.  What genius finding will they come up with next.  Still, it’s interesting to read some of the science behind what’s going on inside.   I’m especially intrigued by the corpus collosum findings and wish I could find more info about that in digestible form for us [...]

Over 40 Dads 6 Times More Likely to Father Autistic Kids

Do we really want to give Dad all the credit?  I mean, I’m all for blaming Dads on male pattern baldness, but I’d like to think the genius IQ thing might have mom’s input, as long as we’re talking genetics.  The latest study points to Dad’s old genes having a hand in our kids wiring.  [...]