I haven't got this well-formulated, but a general concept. Bear with me, as I make several examples, and flawed, under-studied genetic references.
I believe that a large number of Aspies come from diverse backgrounds, based on personal experience, and from speaking with a few other Aspies. Now, here's where the hypothesis takes off.
Perhaps the causes lie within genes as they have changed and evolved with isolated populations of Homo Sapiens. There are several key genetic shifts from standard genetic mutation, resulting in genes becoming different than they originally were, and varying from ethnicity to ethnicity?
Perhaps the genes have somehow become subtly different, due to genetic drift with population isolation being overcome by the new global community, and have effected a change on the developmental process of the human fetus, resulting in a change in the neurological properties, thus rendering the fetus perhaps changed from neurotypical to an aneurotypical, such as Aspies and Auties?
Any feedback? Or is this just crazy?
Nothing is crazy... Only a point in view... Sure to get some comments here I hope. You might be on to something. I'm cuious what people add.... no time for me to comment now...
Sure, some of the increased prevalence could be linked to genetics, but I think that it's very much possible that environmental factors are also playing a significant role.
You can't really pin this change to evolution of the human species, since the differences are very subtle (perhaps negligible, even). Yeah, I guess.
Indeed. Very good points.
I guess what I'm driving at is that reproductive isolation from centuries past has resulted in genetic drift in humans. Being only minor enough to cause abnormalities in the regular process of baby-making, it's having a more powerful, noticed, and aggravated effect with the introduction of our capabilities with around the world transportation and the fact that pretty much anyone can hook up on the internet, yet be on the other side of the world.
My theory, I consider, means that with the increased mingling of genes, re-unifying human beings as one race, may be having a proportional effect on Asp/Aut rates. This going on the assumption that genetics plays a significant role. Enviroment may be the main determining factor for degrees of Aut/Asp in the development of the child.
Again, just a theory.
Well this is one that may stir the racists amoung us up. LO. We can all be traced back genetically to a population that inhabited South Africa. The Earth was basically not affected by Continental drift - leading to one big land mass. As populations grew and the fish stocks depleted, poulations spread out around the coasts. When continents broke away and People adapted to their environment and cultures. Their skin, etc changed to suit their environment. WE all have similar genetic stock, but were all originaly small, wiry, black fishermen in South Africa. I think that is really cool.
This theory is interesting, but if it were true then wouldn't we be seeing higher proportions of autistic people among the biracial/mixed racial people? I don't think that this is the case though.
no every offspring is a cartrier of an active gene for anything, including autism and co.it skip genaration. so it is a like a game of poker:
a dealer deals a set of cards face down.nature/god/evolution/ operutnity-they/it is the dealer, they dont know what they have given you.god hand, bad, or somewhare in between.
Anyone here into Richard Dawkins?
This theory is interesting, but if it were true then wouldn't we be seeing higher proportions of autistic people among the biracial/mixed racial people? I don't think that this is the case though.
I don't know about all this. I am a 100% solid (singular) ethnicity, no intermingling in the traceable family tree.
And what "environmental factors" are we talking about? I always exhibited unusual/Aspie-like behavior, no matter what state/degree of stress or social difficulty in the environment I experienced.
wether you grew up in a city or a town,perhaps.
Good points, everyone. After throwing this theory on out here, we can see it doesn't hold water.
Well, I'm done with this idea now. Ciao.