[jimmywanger]

> This article is suggesting that higher than normal number of people who are on Autism spectrum explains the gender imbalance in tech industry.

I think this article is suggesting that autism is predominantly more prevalent in males, due to higher testosterone, and mild autism is beneficial for employment in tech.

That being said, if that were believed to be true, that would explain the prevalence of males in tech. And I've read Damore's reasoning for his memo - there's nothing explicitly objectionable about it except for the easily reasoned about backlash from most people. Which is sort of a sign of autism.