Maternal stress on the fetus has huge impact. In my mother's case, before, during and after preganancy, she was abused, starved (because my dad didn't want her

Maternal stress on the fetus has huge impact. In my mother's case, before, during and after preganancy, she was abused, starved (because my dad didn't want her to become fat), and suffered all around. I believe this is what contributed to my spectrum but I believe my dad also was on the spectrum but they just didn't have the words to identify it back then. So it is probably genetic mostly and environment also contributes. Having said that its a big reason why I don't want children. I don't want to pass this on to them, on top of the PTSD I received from my dad and toxic environment. I find it surprising that high functioning spectrum folks are more likely to have offsprings than neurotypal. Because there was a time when I wanted to start a family too.