I already knew this.
Autism research: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4661402.stm
Confirms what I had already suspected, and I think many others had as well.
And it does seem to bear out, even going back a generation. My mother’s side of the family does tend toward the analytical, and my husband’s father is an engineer.
It prompted this conversation online between myself and my computer geek hubby:
Tvini: I have long felt this to be true, that there’s got to be a link there.
Mr. Tvini: Me too.
Tvini: However, having said that.. have you seen our house? In what world is my housekeeping the mark of a “systemizer?”
Mr. Tvini: Heh, no, not there, but you have stayed until unghodly hours of the night (morning) working on a promo.
Tvini: I hadn’t looked at it in those terms before, but you’re right.
Mr. Tvini: We’re the perfect storm, baby (heh)
I remember seeing in the news years ago that when 2 geeky people get married they have a high chance of having autistic children.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2192611.stm
That might have been the article. I remember it was talking specifically about silicon valley.
I remember seeing in the news years ago that when 2 geeky people get married they have a high chance of having autistic children.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2192611.stm
That might have been the article. I remember it was talking specifically about silicon valley.
That’s something we had suspected over here for a while. I think the side of my family from Poland was carrying something with them when they came over, and Adam’s father is very analytic.
That’s something we had suspected over here for a while. I think the side of my family from Poland was carrying something with them when they came over, and Adam’s father is very analytic.