Then again, it could well be that the new technologies render us more autistic: less inclined and able to communicate, and therefore happier in front of a screen rather than talking to, let alone loving, our fellow man.
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One was a handedeness test (left-handedness is more common among autistic people), and the remaining two evaluated facial recognition and language.
People who aren't autistic have more accepted ways to let go of workplace stress: smoke a cigarette, grab a cup of coffee, gossip with a co-worker.
Instead, Dr Mottron believes that exposing autistic people to more advanced information can bring out their innate skills.
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According to the National Autistic Society, more than one in every 100 people, more than 500, 000 people in all, in the UK have autism.
Would more support be a boon to autistic people and their families, especially if it targeted existing needs?
The upshot of these differences is that the columns in an autistic brain seem to be more connected than normal with their close neighbours, and less connected with their distant ones.
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Topping the list of what autistic people would like to see get more attention are sensory issues and sensory arousal.
There are no government statistics on the number of people who are autistic in Japan, but the Japan Autism Society believes that number may be more than 1 million.
Mr. Wilbanks hopes that more collaboration between citizen and professional scientists will lead to discoveries to benefit his sisters, one of whom is profoundly autistic, while the other has a very aggressive form of arthritis.
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