I don't know if this is the case for anyone else, but I noticed a peculiarity about my neighbourhood recently. I live in an area of short-length terrace houses - five houses in each row, a row of five more opposite them, five further behind them, and so forth. In total there are forty houses. It's a quiet, tucked-away sort of place adjacent to a main railway line that sees heavy traffic. Within our little community, we have:
Me - Klinefelter Syndrome, probable ASD.
David (kid next door) - diagnosed Asperger's.
Kelly (woman in the opposite row) - Down's syndrome.
Unidentified kid (end house) - language delay (he makes noise but doesn't talk).
Mark (two rows away) - learning difficulties, language problems, possibly KS.
Is this sort of clustering common? I know all of these people pretty well (apart from the kid) and we've all been here decades-plus. The railway does chug out a lot of diesel fumes and I've heard this sort of pollution can cause fertility issues in parents, so could there be anything to this, beyond coincidence?
Me - Klinefelter Syndrome, probable ASD.
David (kid next door) - diagnosed Asperger's.
Kelly (woman in the opposite row) - Down's syndrome.
Unidentified kid (end house) - language delay (he makes noise but doesn't talk).
Mark (two rows away) - learning difficulties, language problems, possibly KS.
Is this sort of clustering common? I know all of these people pretty well (apart from the kid) and we've all been here decades-plus. The railway does chug out a lot of diesel fumes and I've heard this sort of pollution can cause fertility issues in parents, so could there be anything to this, beyond coincidence?