> Given that autism is highly heritable, most experts are sceptical of the idea that environmental factors could drive a major increase in the numbers But we d

> Given that autism is highly heritable, most experts are sceptical of the idea that environmental factors could drive a major increase in the numbers But we do know that age of fathers does drive increase autism rates - thus while there is likely a genetic component, there are degradations related to age that further increase the risk: https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/risk-of-autism-spikes-for-children-of-older-men/?fspec=1 https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/risk-of-autism-spike...