There’s no such thing as a normal brain: Best ideas of the century "These kinds of findings led many scientists to believe that neurodiverse conditions are no evolutionary accident. They exist because our ancestors benefitted from having a few visionary thinkers, creative types and detail-driven perfectionists in the group. With a handful of brains wired with different specialist skills, the group would be better able to explore, adapt and survive. Some researchers are beginning to rethink the autism spectrum along these lines, too, suggesting that there may be distinct subtypes of the condition with different clusters of challenges and abilities." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508317-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-normal-brain-best-ideas-of-the-century/
