Weight, Height Findings Vary By Age

In IAN's February '08 Research Report, we take a deeper look at the IAN weight and height data collected from families this past fall. We find that only younger children with ASD are taller, and only older children with ASD are heavier, than unaffected siblings of the same gender.

You can find the report here: http://www.iancommunity.org/cs/ian_research_reports/ian_research_report_feb_2008

Please discuss!

Typically my son isn't typical.

He is a peanut, has always been a peanut.
He is currently 25%ile for height and weight for his age.

Hi wjgi, and thank you for your post.

One thing we all need to keep in mind is that children on the autism spectrum, like other children, represent a wide variety of heights and weights. It is just when they are compared as a large group with another large group (their siblings) that these differences appear.