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[quote=Anonymous]Our kid knows he has a diagnosis and it has been helpful in understanding why some things are harder for him while others are easier. Most importantly, I think it's important that your child understands that he has certain traits which may have a genetic basis as he or she eventually selects a romantic partner with whom he might reproduce. In short, my son has expressed that he would feel guilty if his kids had a more severe type of autism, as they might if he married a fellow Aspie who he met in a science or math class and the genes combined. At the moment it's a bit of a joke that he is drawn to the fellow musician, etc. but that he will probably ultimately marry someone who has strengths that compensate for his deficits rather than combining them. That's the hard brutal truth, unfortunately. Too much risk with assortative mating (see baron-cohen on the subject).[/quote]
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