There is some encouraging news coming, according to some published data.

While it was once thought neurotypicalism affected nearly all of the population, it appears that fewer people are actually neurotypical. Partly, due to changes in diagnostic criteria, fewer people qualify, but there seems to be evidence that many people have been falsely diagnosed – or not diagnosed at all – as neurotypical.

One of the inherent challenges for neurotypicals is that there are so many of them. There simply are not enough trained therapists to properly diagnose all the neurotypicals, even though they deserve proper diagnosis and treatment.

Some suggest that as few as 35 of 36 are neurotypical! This is a far cry from the sombre stats of past decades. Imagine if, somehow, that percentage gets even lower! Even though there are many hypotheses as to why so many neurotypicals remain in our society, it is primarily due to genetics.

Therefore, it is essential autistics do not cloister themselves away from neurotypicals, lest the highly-desirable autistic traits are no longer genetically transmitted throughout the global population.