This didn’t get a lot of traction when I posted it in c/podcasts: https://hexbear.net/post/6209129 Science Vs did an episode this week about this “link,” and from what it looks like, it’s actually a false positive due to these other studies not having access to genetic information about the mothers.
Turns out (as we’ve known for a long time), if you have autism or ADHD, you are VERY LIKELY to pass that on to your children, something like 70% chance to do so, and apparently women who are autistic experience more pain during pregnancy than other women, which leads to them more frequently taking Tylenol.
Listen to the podcast, or read their transcript for more information; it’s only 30 minutes long. The transcript has citations.
This didn’t get a lot of traction when I posted it in c/podcasts: https://hexbear.net/post/6209129 Science Vs did an episode this week about this “link,” and from what it looks like, it’s actually a false positive due to these other studies not having access to genetic information about the mothers.
Turns out (as we’ve known for a long time), if you have autism or ADHD, you are VERY LIKELY to pass that on to your children, something like 70% chance to do so, and apparently women who are autistic experience more pain during pregnancy than other women, which leads to them more frequently taking Tylenol.
Listen to the podcast, or read their transcript for more information; it’s only 30 minutes long. The transcript has citations.
My problem is that this is simply too much thinking required for the average American