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One popular anecdote or perhaps paraphrased statistical tidbit in the last few years was that incidences of autism were unusually high in Silicon Valley and par
by preordained 10y ago
One popular anecdote or perhaps paraphrased statistical tidbit in the last few years was that incidences of autism were unusually high in Silicon Valley and particularly children of developers. Not that all developers have "high" intelligence--but higher than average on the whole? Just wondering if there might be any strengthening arguments to be made from connected studies. Of course, could be a red herring that masks the critical factors, but if we had to bet on the likelihood of a connection...maybe something there.
- timwaagh 10y agoyou might as well check a sample of developers for this disease and check against a sample of the general population. its not just the children, you know.
- hguant 10y agoThis article reports on a study finding a link between "systems thinking" oriented parents and autism. http://arstechnica.com/science/2011/06/kids-autism-may-be-result-of-parents-talent-for-system-oriented-thinking/ http://arstechnica.com/science/2011/06/kids-autism-may-be-re...
- a_bonobo 10y agoOne possible mechanism: One of the proposed reasons for the recent rise in levels of autism is that more autistic children are sent to the psychiatrist. You need to be relatively "rich" to be able to afford sending your child to the psychiatrist. Most programmers in Silicon Valley are relatively rich. Therefore, more children are sent to the psychiatrist in Silicon Valley than in the "rest" of the population, so more children with autism are diagnosed.