Kravis and Roberts, Claremont Autism Center (2024): Delineating Associations Between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Circumstance of Conception

Autism. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Autism. 2024 Aug 9;28(4):985–998. doi: 10.1177/13623613231191558

Kravis and Roberts, Claremont Autism Center (2024): Delineating Associations Between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Circumstance of Conception

Funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Collaborators: Kennedy Jr., Robert F., Wright, Suzanne

9 August 2024

Abstract

There is a strong correlation between a woman orgasming during a child’s conception and that child’s likelihood of developing Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). While this is dependent on self-reporting, there is little to suggest that self-reporting, in this case, is highly inaccurate or, for the cynic, ‘duplicitous.’ The exact means of this connection remain unclear, but in many ways, it is intuitive. When one considers the paradigmatic harbingers of ASD, those at the forefront are manifold: aversion to vicissitude, social and communicative quagmirence, and sensorial smothering. All of these can, in some capacity, correspond to the womanish orgasm or “carnal climax.”

In terms of “aversion to vicissitude,” a phrase used in the DSM-III and DSM-V, it can be more commonly understood as: resistance to change, or change-induced anxiety. This follows in two ways. The first (1) being how anti-orgasm women tend to be; they demonstrate an undeniable obstinance when it comes to sexual release. In a recent (2024) study from University of Austin, given every opportunity to transform from a state of not orgasming to orgasming, 97% of the time, women elect for neutrality. This is true even when one dedicates up to three or sometimes four minutes to trying in earnest through penetrative sexual intercourse. 

While some respondents indicated that other types of sexual activity led to different outcomes, researchers were unable to identify any other means or types, given that digital and oral sexual activity is a myth, and if not mythical: “gross.” The adjective “gross” here is used in the scientific sense, meaning: objectively disgusting, or, and disgustingly objectionable. At one point, a surveyee brought up the topic of “toys” which was highly inappropriate and confusing, and prompted serious questions about pedophilia or paraphilia. Regardless, in regular, “natural” sexual intercourse, women’s bodies actively resist state changes. It is only in imagined circumstances, which may also be understood as unnatural and inorganic, that this is not the case. 

The second (2) could potentially be related. Women self-report being “afraid” to orgasm. A Liberty University study (2022) notes that the female demeanor is easily overwhelmed by the prospect, and evolution has instilled an urge to back 

down at the slightest movement toward this outcome. With 1 and 2 in mind, there is some sense in ASD coming from a deviation from these norms. One can compare this to the story of Icarus. If a woman decides to orgasm, she is in violation of her natural inclinations. She is choosing a change that causes sensory overload over her own good, and the good of her child. In response, the body overcorrects in its offspring. 

Perhaps most obviously connected to conceptual orgasm is the social and communicative quagmirence, also understood as difficulty in social situations and with communication. There are not many things a woman can do while orgasming, but perhaps the most definite is such: sustain meaningful conversation or eye contact. It is said that keeping eyes open during such an event could make them explode, similar to the consequences of sneezing with eyelids ajar. In more conservative states, such as most of them, rumors have long circulated about the dangers of the wide-eyed woman’s orgasm, arguing that it is a hazard for any other party involved that happens to look into said eyes. Some stories note the other person going completely mad and seeing yellow wallpapers everywhere. Others, perhaps more credible, detail humans that turn into slippery and mammothian dogs. Women are defined, most often, by five things. Shopping (1), talking (2), talking while shopping (3), shopping while talking (4), talking about shopping (5). There are no recorded instances of women talking at all in the exact moments of orgasm. Sounds have been reported, but not discernable ones. This social failing is contagious from host to parasite, meaning a baby is susceptible to contraction during contractions. 

Third: sensorial smothering, or: the complete overwhelm by means of feeling. It is the “smothering” of self and sensibility of said self under a proverbial blanket of sounds, touches, tastes, smells, and sights. In the most pedestrian understandings of the orgasm, it can be described as such: a big feeling. As is the case here, pedestrians have the right of way and they are on the right path. This big feeling, so to speak, can fluster the uterine lining and seep into the fetal tissue. This disturbance, it should seem, goes further, infiltrating the proverbial door or the “birth canal.” In all of these locations, this sense of “too much” or, as one woman self-reported, “Ueugnggnneehhh… By George, that’s a grand ole feeling, and by that I mean 

big,” (context: her sexual partner’s name was George) can latch onto the egg and eventually baby and prior to then fetus (or foetus depending on your persuasion). 

The limitations of this research lie primarily in one place: the correlation is concrete, but the reasoning as explicated above is speculative, insofar as the research is derived from the logical exploits of the research lab’s team. In this manner, it is more or less conclusive, depending on the metric being used for conclusivity. If the aforementioned conclusion may only be reached by way of double-blind study or simple data analysis, then the conclusion provided by this study does not suffice. However, conclusivity must not always be defined as such, and if understood more broadly as “idea that appears, on the surface, to make sense, or even be plausibly deemed ‘fact,’” then this study falls squarely within said definition. 

The Claremont Autism Center is a clinical, research, and training program dedicated to promoting well-being in autistic* individuals and their families. In operation for over 50 years, the Center is currently under the direction of Dr. Rachel Fenning. Adopting a neurodiversity-affirming and evidence-based approach, we provide best-practice assessment, consultation, and intervention services to neurodiverse individuals and their families. 

*To honor differing language preferences in the autism community, we use both identity-first and person-first language. For more information, call 909-621-8000.