I love her, I am soo happy thats shes looking into things such as vaccines instead of just going with the flow and doing it.

"kids' personalities have so much to do with the parents and their mentality."
As a mom of a 11, 9, and 8 year old I tend to respectfully disagree. I understand if you are a fearful or anxious parent some of that may rub off. I think a great deal of personality is nature with of course some nurture thrown in. My oldest has been analytical since he was little, my middle (daughter) has been fearless, independent and artistic, my youngest son has always been fearful of change. Same parenting style, different children. Regarding the vaccines, it's great to be educated but study both sides of the issue. Sometimes illnesses, etc just happen. I wish them the best with their little girl.

Autism is the result of fragile X syndrom, a genetic disorder, almost always stemming from the mom, and affecting mostly boys.

Anna- Not always. I have an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), but I do not have Fragile X syndrome (and believe me, I know that for a fact. When I was a toddler, I was put through just about every genetic test in the book! It's a long story!). I do, however, think Autism and ASDs are genetic. In my case, my dad also has several mild ASD symptoms. Therefore, I'm guessing I got it from him.

Similarly, I have a cousin with Fragile X, and, as far as I know, he doesn't have Autism. In otherwords, Autism and Fragile X CAN go hand-in-hand, but not always! :)