We have found fathers and grandfathers of children with autism are more likely to be engineers.
I suspect that among parents or siblings of a person with autism there are higher rates of talents in systemizing.
If you've got good systemising skills you can apply them to systems you aren't familiar with, and look for patterns.
Inspiring children at an early age is key, and perhaps we need to put technology in a more social context.
In general it's good to give children as wide a choice as possible, and there is no harm in encouraging children to play with 'typical' toys for the opposite sex. But whether they should be trying to change children is a more ethical decision; I think we should be supporting a child's interests, whatever they are.
