Autism Spectrum: Adult Child

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Ultrasounds and Autism or Speech Delay?

Hi Moms, I am pregnant with baby #2 and have high blood pressure. Because of this I've been having a LOT of ultrasounds - so many I can't count anymore. I've been reading a lot about ultrasounds causing brain damage and being a possible cause of increased rates of autism and speech-delayed children. Have any moms out there had a bunch of ultrasounds while pregnant and gone on to have healthy children? Are there moms out there who had no ultrasounds or just 1 -2 who have children with autism or who were speech-delayed? Thanks all.

Aspergers Syndrome

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Adult Daughter with Asperger's Syndrome

I am interested in families that may have a daughter with a mentally compromising disorder such as Asperger's Syndrome. Specifically, because my daughter is compromised enough to make her vulnerable to predatory males, but not compromised enough to be classified as incompentent, she is now living with a very undesireable male that we discouraged from seeing (20 years her senior, bipolar disorder living on state disability) who has "promised to take care of her." He has her brainwashed against us and does not allow her to communicate with...