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22 Apr 2013, 4:55 am

There is one persistent objection to the theory which people that dislike it always use. This is the (unproved) notion that autism is present in all ethnic groups at the same prevalence. Not only has this never been proved, but the proponents of this objection then take it one step further and claim that even a single African autistic is proof against the theory. By making that statement they don't even understand the basics of the theory.

It would be nice to know how the disbelievers explain differences in species-typical behaviors, like communication and social preferences. How do they explain the linkage of the neurodiversity traits? How could a huge spectrum of genetic traits be correlated and related to 100s of different genes? Come on you experts on genetics and evolutionary psychology, as this is totally incompatible with both genetics and evolutionary theory.

In addition to that, I've proved that 23andme results have a small correlation to neurodiversity (p < 0.05). I've also shown that people of African descent only have 1/5 of the interest in doing autism-related tests, something that disbelievers also need to address. We have the same issue on discussion boards were people of African descent are rare as has been shown in various polls.