spastic dipligia and Asperger

chattymossman

I am a adult with spastic diplegia their is a family history of what I believe is autistic spectrum related and will be having the test soon.i wondered any person with a similar experience,I have read that there is a 7 % link and after reading about Chris packham I got a eureka moment.

Richard_Scope

Hi @chattymossman
Welcome to our community and thanks for your post. You are correct in saying that a 2008 study looking at a potential link between Cerebral Palsy and Autism found that 7% of the participants with Cerebral Palsy were on the autistic spectrum, however, the same study has suggested that it is more prevalent in participants with non-spastic Cerebral Palsy.