Autism, its cultural modulation and niche construction in societies

- Atypical characteristics of autism could fall within normal behavioural variations.
- Atypical characteristics of autism can be culturally modulated.
- Children with autism would experience more difficulty in Japan than in US.
- Such difficulty manifests itself as increased number of Hikikomori individuals.
- The idea of neurodiversity contributes to provide niche construction for those people.