2nd September 2013, 03:50 PM
RedEarth Wrote:I'm guessing you could count the number of archaeologists with some form of autism (diagnosed or otherwise) working in the UK today on two hands. That might cover it.
Just checking Wikipedia....the population average for pervasive developmental disorders (the autism spectrum) is 6 per 1000.....so maybe there are closer to '4 hands worth' if our profession respects the population as a whole.
Personally I suspect there are rather more than that, (particularly in the realm of Aspergers and OCD), which might suggest (without giving succour to the blatantly sexist, racist or to bullies) that archaeological equalities policies and the expected norms of socially acceptable behaviour need to be adjusted from that which might be expected of 'normal' society....
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