Study: Women Abused As Children More Likely To Have Child With Autism

Women Abused In Childhood At Higher Odds Of Having Child With Autism:  Study by Steven Reinberg.  March 20, 2013.

Researchers at the Harvard School Of Public Health claim discovery of a "completely new risk factor for autism."  Interestingly the researchers speculated that the transgenerational effects may be related to  effects on the immune  and stress-response systems.  The authors conceded the findings only showed an association not cause-and-effect.