OK...on Big Bang Theory Sheldon meets Amy Farrah Fowler. I'm gonna pretend both have functioning forms of autism. They meet, they marry, they have kids, and both pass on their genes for autism. Their kids have autism. Women are now more numerous in the fields of study that usually had more than its share of men with Aspergers (a form of autism) Since there are more women in these fields meeting these men, and they are having kids, and... anyway...could there be more autism now because more women are working? :shrug:
No, studies seem to show more a link of increasing awareness of autism, and reclassifying of previous mental retardation and various other mental illnesses under spectrums of autism.
yeah why? and I understand that there is more awareness, but there is also more opportunities for men and women with autism gene to hook up
yes, especially when the autistic women sat at home being the 'interesting' spinster aunt. Now they go to college and work at MIT where they meet like minded autistic men. These women weren't doctors, anthropologists(think Bones), or microbiologists in my Mom's generation. Now they are out there meeting men in the work force. Just like in Big Bang Theory.
I think this is a valid hypothesis, considering that yes more Aspergics are going on in professional fields of deep interest. However, it follows that there is a social problem, however, if the environment is altered to have them work in similar fields of interest, then they are both parallel and would be interested in discussion about their topic of deep interest. So the criteria that they would not meet because of social difficulties is waived here. For the only reason one mentions Aspergic social difficulties is because neurotypicals see the world in a more 'sensible' manner, inasmuch they connect feelings to the content, which Aspergics tend to stay objective all the time. If the couple is both alike, then say further socialization is possible. The certainty of the Aspergic's sex drive on the other hand, may be up for debate, but in my honest opinion I believe most do, but lack the motivation to pursue any personal interest chiefly because of lack of social skills and confidence. But if as stated above, they can meet like-minded and have proper aspergic socialization, then I believe your theory is quite viable. Very interesting discussion, and I'm glad you brought this up.
I think it goes deeper than social skills. You can learn those, but you can't learn to like to tolerate being social. As much as I like to be social on occasion, I know my limitations and I can only take it for a relatively short time. Sharing a common interest is also no guarantee to romantic success, nor is simply meeting.
Well, if they make significant scientific advancements I'm all for it. Think of it as selectively breeding the intelligent.
A better theory is that most scientific minds aren't autistic, but they are precursors to autistic offspring. This avoids the self-limiting trend where autism prevents coupling.
umm everyone apears to be making an assumption, that is that aspergers is genetic and genetic reccessive at that. As far as i know (and i havent studied this) its not genetic, its enviromental, specifically the enviroment in the womb is someone has evidence to the contry i will be happy to be corrected
