Why does autism seem so mysterious?
Believe me, once you understand something of the physiology of what happens to cause all the sensory confusion, then everything else makes sense. Have you noticed that large restaurants tend to cause him to act like he's confused? It's because of the crowd noise. Also, about the buffet, it requires a lot of decision making as to what to get, and if one is dazed anyway because of all the crowd noise, that becomes a *lot* harder.
I think everything along the spectrum should be viewed in terms of the pre-natal interruption in development. To me there are 3 basic factors: when did it occur in relation to the pregnancy period; how long did it last; and how severe was the interruption ( did development just slow down or did it actually stop for a given area of the brain).
According to some recent research, a cytokine/hormone known as gamma-interferon acts to inhibit cellular reproduction during times of viral infection. To me, if this for some reason perchanced happened in the brain, then it could very well explain just such an interruption in development. Some time ago, I began to think that the brain may not be the only part of the body to suffer the delay in development - apparently the nervous system around the intestine in autism is also developmentally delayed. To me, that would explain how the candida can so easily overwhelm the intestine right at birth and continue to be so troublesome for such a very long time afterwards.
lobules VI & VII of cerebellum - attention shifting coordination cerebellum - motor coordination amygdala - switchboard for emotion significance hypothalamus - activates hormones hippocampus - memory
On a personal note, this would mean that my brain is a 1960 volkswagen, and can potentially function pretty well as long as there is little or no excess baggage (crowd noise, etc.) Then, my top speed goes from 50 mph to 10.