I ran across this article that I think is interesting. It suggests that type 2 diabetes and the increase in autism may have a common link
http://www.frontiersin.org/Cellular_Endocrinology/10.3389/fendo.2011.00054/full
But I'd like to give the average parent of an autistic child a little more credit.
I'd give many non-parents more credit than parents. Nephews and nieces might deserve the most. Random people might deserve about as much as parents, it would depend.
I ran across this article that I think is interesting. It suggests that type 2 diabetes and the increase in autism may have a common link
http://www.frontiersin.org/Cellular_Endocrinology/10.3389/fendo.2011.00054/full