I have a question here. I note that Autism has a very strong negative impact on income. Asbergers is now placed in Autism spectrum, but is exceeding prevelant in a number of the high tech / high math areas - many of which have elevated incomes. Indeed, in some fields I suspect that most of the people are on the spectrum - and they are very successful. What is going on?
All could be be true. I have always been a bit skeptical of the movement of Asbergers, for whatever it is, into the Autism spectrum, but math, physics, CS, and the like are probably majority Aspie. When my wife told me that I was an Aspie (later confirmed by testing) I replied that in my field it was normal, and I viewed it as normal. I am a physcist with a Ph.D. in Engineering doing CS who reads math and astrophysics for amusement. I was born in 51 and my peers at school and work fall into that age block, and were also frequently Aspie.
I have a question here. I note that Autism has a very strong negative impact on income. Asbergers is now placed in Autism spectrum, but is exceeding prevelant in a number of the high tech / high math areas - many of which have elevated incomes. Indeed, in some fields I suspect that most of the people are on the spectrum - and they are very successful. What is going on?
1. Maybe a few people are a bit autistic and earn a lot of money, but that is not typical.
2. Maybe this wasn't true for most people in the HRS - remember, they're born between 1920-1960.
3. Maybe the autism PRS doesn't capture what you think of as being on the spectrum.
All could be be true. I have always been a bit skeptical of the movement of Asbergers, for whatever it is, into the Autism spectrum, but math, physics, CS, and the like are probably majority Aspie. When my wife told me that I was an Aspie (later confirmed by testing) I replied that in my field it was normal, and I viewed it as normal. I am a physcist with a Ph.D. in Engineering doing CS who reads math and astrophysics for amusement. I was born in 51 and my peers at school and work fall into that age block, and were also frequently Aspie.