Hasn't this been discussed countless times?
Hasn't everything? More or less.
I think it's an interesting topic.
It's a mutation in the DNA.
Things like that don't NEED a point. What's the point of aspergers?
Uhm...homosexuality is, I think, more prevalent than AS, no?
And, AS seems to involve patterns of reaction which can affect
non-reproductive issues. Thus, it could well be part of an improved
ability to focus in an area, something which is becoming more desirable,
in modern society. Yes, the drawbacks probably outweigh whatever
advantages there are, in general, but it's a movement across the
phenotype space into regions which show some possibility. I don't
see that as clearly, in the case of homosexuality.