MrMark wrote:
There does seem to be a higher prevalence among those descended from English and Northern European stock. We seem to be concentrated in England, Austrailia, and across North America.
If I'm not mistaken, Austrailia is where the British sent a lot of their "criminals" (social deviants).
Actually, to the British, "criminal" back then meant Irish. Why do you think Australians drink all the time, eh? It's not just because we have the best beer anywhere - really, try a Hahn, but it's because we're genetically predisposed to like it.
As for this topic... I believe that the mutation known as Aspergers originated in Europe around fifteen hundred years ago; and has been spread around the globe thanks to the various travels (conquering, pillaging, enslaving, warring, etc.) of Europeans over the years. Most predominant in Germanic peoples (Einstein, eh?). But, pretty much anybody with European heritage - and there are a lot of them around the world, even if they don't know it - is a potential Asperger.