Could a Gene Test Change Autism?

An interesting article about the implication of identification of a gene that may be responsible for about 15% of autism cases.

"Termination of fetuses with Down syndrome is routine today; given the fear that autism inspires in parents, why wouldn't it follow? And what would our world be like without autism? The vast differences among individuals on the spectrum make the notion even thornier: will parents start demanding to know whether their fetus will be low- or high-functioning? But it's also impossible to ignore the parents who say they'd do anything to free their children from isolation and pain. Some feel so hopeless so much of the time, they do wonder in private if their children would have been better off not born. And who can blame them?"

I have sort of long feared this, the ethical issues that would come up in the search for a cure.  Something tells me that insurance companies would sooner pay for a child with autism not to exist than pay to actually help us raise him.  And in some rich irony, I often find that those who support arguments about reducing social funding and insurance mandates to help care for children with disabilities like autism are usually also those who are the most against abortion.  So which is it, people?

And before anyone asks the question, I would have him a million times over, even if I had known.  I love him.  I always have.