People need to develop a better evolutionary consciousness. By that I mean people need to pay attention to their thoughts and feelings and put them in an evolutionary context and then ask if given present circumstances whether or not it makes sense.
Evolution is more than just the biological. Societies and hence psychologies evolve as well, what we learn growing up is filtered through our genetically evolved senses and out comes behavior. People acting in ways that may have been evolutionarily appropriate at another time and place but is not now shows how psychology tends to lag behind these changes. It is up to you to catch it up by examining your thoughts and feelings through the spectrum of “natural selection”. Every change you make to your thoughts changes your brain chemistry a little, so you are helping reorient your own fitness.
It is every person’s imperative to work towards his or her own reproductive survival and success and that of their offspring and their friends and family. Rid your mind of all thoughts that contradict that imperative.
Speaking as an adult with mild autism who has thought a lot on this subject I can give you the reason autism rates have gone up. This is the effect of the Democratic Era, which promotes cultural values valuing “equality”, “sameness”, promoting a “jack of all trades” ideal. It has lowered people in their social lives down to the lowest common denominator. It is natural for the more intellectually robust of the population to be somewhat socially withdrawn from commoners, but typically it does not lead to the problems found in autism. Anti-intellectual attitudes and a lack of respect for “excellence” trickle down to the attitudes held by children. The hostility makes it harder for more intellectual children to connect socially, stunting social development. Furthermore less and less parents send their kids to prep schools, forcing more and more kids to socialize with the masses rather than their own kind. It is important to realize that children need to learn to socialize first with children who are like they are, otherwise they will not know what to do and will not gain social skills. In Germany specializing in liberal arts, sciences, or a technical trade is offered to students starting in middle school with separate schools for these purposes. Germany has a lower rate of autism diagnosis, most likely because it gives students the opportunity to socialize more with students who are like they are instead of negotiating through the chaotic mess they put students through in the US.

and iPad.
This app is designed to guide people with a (mental) disability, with or without
dementia/alzheimer, asperger, autism and / or a disorder in communication.

This new app iPicto is also a very good tool in learning a way of communication,

for example speech difficulties.

I refer you for further information, visit the App Store.

See for it: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipicto/id423225072?mt=8&ls=1
and
http://ipicto.applereports.com/iPicto/Welkom.html

Thank you for attention,

Sincerely,

Erwin van den Hout
The Netherlands

http://twitter.com/#!/iPicto

Some scientist are moving away from genetics and moving towards an insult in the early stages of pregnancy.

Cytomegalovirus activates the mother’s immune system, and is also a major cause of prenatallyl induced disabililty, although only 20% of mothers are aware of it, according to the CDC. As an aside, untreated hypothryroidism is also a major terratogenic condition.

The womb is purported to be a sacred, sterile place, but viral disease can easily reach the fetus.

Some scientists are moving away from genetics, and.

Abstract:

ASDs (autism spectrum disorders) are hypothesized as one of many adaptive human cognitive variations that have been maintained in modern populations via multiple genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. Introgression from “archaic” hominids (adapted for less demanding social environments) is conjectured as the source of initial intraspecific heterogeneity because strict inclusive fitness does not adequately model the evolution of distinct, copy-number sensitive phenotypes within a freely reproducing population.

Evidence is given of divergent encephalization and brain organization in the Neanderthal (including a ~1520 cc cranial capacity, larger than that of modern humans) to explain the origin of the autism subgroup characterized by abnormal brain growth.

Autism and immune dysfunction are frequently comorbid. This supports an admixture model in light of the recent discovery that MHC alleles (genes linked to immune function, mate selection, neuronal “pruning,” etc.) found in most modern human populations come from “archaic” hominids.

Mitochondrial dysfunction, differential fetal androgen exposure, lung abnormalities, and hypomethylation/CNV due to hybridization are also presented as evidence.

http://goo.gl/aloZI