Do some reading and research on social dysfunctionality of those medical conditions, and the psychology behind it. While rather vague, the people afflicted with any of those dyfunctionalities has something definitely missing in the way their brain works. My belief is only that it has gone on so long in the Netherlands, and not outside the country, that it is catagorized as something “unique” about the Dutch and their behavior patterns and their history. Yet in the Silicon Valley area where computer programmers and engineers run as a high percentage of the population, it is estimated that 10% of the population there, due to the type of work and labor it attracts, are Asberger patients. I throw this out there as someone raised by a dutch expatriot that never, ever fit in to the behavior patterns of Americans in California, always thought my father and myself was normal, and was never diagnosed with Aspergers. Now, being retired and having the time to do research, it’s clear both my father and I, and this thing called “Dutch Directness” all tie in together. Perhaps I am wrong, but that a Dutch doctor has so many patients to work with and study in the NL to further the research, is another sign of how common it is among the Dutch.

Well, I must say that your comment intrigues me. I know people with Autism, Aspergers, ADD and ADHD and I’m very perplex that you use these terms all together. Is your intent to offend them reciprocly? – Could you please be more specific as I don’t want to only “scratch the surface” on such a quite demanding argument?

http://karinfriedemann.blogspot.com/2009/12/aspergers-syndrome-wives-need.html

http://speciaal.forges55.be/