Auties and Aspies birth month

[jackmt]

I learned the other night at my Aspie group that everyone of us was born in a cold month. In another group 90% were born in cold months. I did a little research and found an article that said there is a 91% increase chance of being born with an ASD if you were conceived in winter. I have a hypothesis as to why this might be the case that has nothing to do causally with winter or cold weather, but right now I want to find out what the case is. So would everyone post their birth month and see what comes of it? Thanks.
BTW mine is February.

 

[TalusJumper]

Mine is October. But isn't 'cold month' somewhat suggestive? Where I live, there are more cold months than hot ones.

 

[Sabertooth]

Just to mess with the OP,

1. Are you going to screen for northern/southern hemisphere?
2. If one is born in the winter, they were conceived in the spring. If they were conceived in the winter, they were born in the fall.
3. You should set up a poll such as:

• January in the northern hemisphere/July in the southern.
• February.../August...
• ...
• December.../June...
• I was born near the Equator...!

BTW, I was born in March (in the northern hemisphere). It was southern California, not northern Wisconsin.

 

[jackmt]

Mine is October. But isn't 'cold month' somewhat suggestive? Where I live, there are more cold months than hot ones.

If you were born in October, you were conceived in winter. Instead of "cold" perhaps I should have said "mid to late autumn or winter." I am not sure the phenomenon has to do with birth in cold months directly, or in conception time, or some thing else. I'd like to see what, if any, correlation exists. The statistical probability of one random group sample with all births in late fall or winter is small. Two such samples seems impossibly small. I have put the question on another Aspie web site called "Wrong Planet" and the preliminary responses are driving the probabilty toward zero rapidly.

 

[LovedSparrow]

I'm August.

 

[jackmt]

Just to mess with the OP,

1. Are you going to screen for northern/southern hemisphere?
2. If one is born in the winter, they were conceived in the spring. If they were conceived in the winter, they were born in the fall.
3. You should set up a poll such as:

• January in the northern hemisphere/July in the southern.
• February.../August...
• ...
• December.../June...
• I was born near the Equator...!

BTW, I was born in March (in the northern hemisphere). It was southern California, not northern Wisconsin.

Excellent points. I was not thinking clearly when I first posted. I was more interested in collecting data than sorting it. But your suggestions will aid in the sorting and clarifying.

I don't know how to do that sort of thing. Can you post a poll at the head of this thread? Or tell me how to do it? I wouldn't mind if we had to start over with you posting the thread starter. We haven't gone too far for that.

 

[jackmt]

Mine is October. But isn't 'cold month' somewhat suggestive? Where I live, there are more cold months than hot ones.

This thread has been restarted as "ASD birth month poll." Please repost there.

 

[jackmt]

I'm August.

Please repost at "ASD Birth Month Poll". We are starting over.

 

[jackmt]

Now how do I close this thread?

 

[Sabertooth]

This thread has been restarted with a poll at http://www.christianforums.com/t7622109/

 

[Redheadedstepchild]

Mod Hat

Thread is closed at OP request.