Having children at an older age could increase the risk of autism

Lead researcher Mohammad Hossein Rahbar said that both maternal and paternal ages could be a factor and added that their study would put an end to discrepancies in other similar studies. “Our results revealed that the age of the father and the mother are jointly associated with autism in their children. This should put to rest discrepancies in previous studies showing that just maternal age or just paternal age is linked to having a child with autism”, he said.
Source-Medindia