The headline of Nation reads Autism, closely spaced births linked: Study that the Second child may face higher risk.
“Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism.” They did a study on half a million children in California that found, “Children born less than two years after siblings were considerably more likely to have an autism diagnosis compared to those born after at least three years.” Government data also found that, “when babies are less than two years apart their chances of autism was 11% in 1995 and then 18% in 2002. Pregnancy depletes a mother’s nutrients like folate, a B vitamin found in leafy green vegetables, citrus fruit and dried beans,” the lack of folate is harmful to the child and the mother.
Study was funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and National Institutes of Health
