I too have a child with Autism, though she is under 3 and we&#x27;re still learning more about what her challenges long term might be.<p>I also am an engineer and the son of an engineer.  My wife is a pharmacist and highly educated.  We also dated in high school.<p>I know that within my paternal family there is a long history of high intellect and lack of social skills.<p>It&#x27;s curious to me how much can be attributed to parents with higher education and means being more proactive to get a diagnosis for a high functional child versus the same demographic just being predisposed to ASD offspring.