A Different Perspective on Autism: How Might Autism Have Started?

In a healthy body, all our cells are in motion. Every organ and system move with each breath we take. Breathing is our rhythm. The diaphragm muscle creates a pumping effect with every breath, ensuring proper functioning of organs.

When we breathe in, the diaphragm muscle flattens downward, allowing the organs to work in a specific rhythm. The liver and stomach make a wave-like motion towards the navel. The intestines also exhibit a spreading motion. The kidneys move up and down. This mobility ensures good circulation of the organs. When there is a loss in this rhythm, diseases start in the organs.

There is also a rhythm in your body that affects the brain and nervous system. The skull bones slide over each other and move. This mobility allows the brain to be nourished and cleansed of toxins. This rhythm in the skull can be disrupted by blows to the head, falls, impacts, or accidents. The skull bones compress towards each other, disrupting the required mobility. There can also be shifts in the skull bones.

This situation disrupts the functioning of the brain and nervous system and can cause functional disorders. In individuals diagnosed with autism, we can also find such compressions or shifts in the skull. When this disorder is corrected, the brain and nervous system will function more correctly.

From a psychoneuroimmunological perspective, which evaluates the psychological, neurological, and immunological dimensions of the disease, we can think that the root of autism may include traumas experienced during pregnancy and psychological traumas experienced after birth. If the mother experienced bad events while pregnant, the baby could be aware of all these and develop its defense mechanism. Bad events, stress, and pathological behaviors experienced from infancy can lead to the development of autism. Autism is more common in children who have experienced neglect trauma, especially by their mother or father.

The child may exhibit such behaviors to keep the mother at home or to draw the mother's attention from a psychoneuroimmunological standpoint. Therefore, when the child's emotional trauma is worked on, there may be reductions in symptoms.

Another root cause of autism is the body being acidic and toxic. Autism is more common in cases where gut health is negatively affected, such as poor nutrition, exposure to allergenic foods, radiation exposure, vaccine damage, and exposure to heavy metals.

For this reason, applying a healthy diet plan that avoids allergenic foods to protect or improve gut health will support reducing symptoms.

Spc. Phy. Sema Danışık

Physiotherapist