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Is Autism a Brain Injury?

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Channel: Health, Home, and Happiness · 2018 · Education

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Brain injury is anything that disrupts the brain. This can be from physical trauma (concussions, falls, being knocked in the head, etc) or from psychological trauma that altered the brain chemistry. You see, the brain sits in fluid, and in that fluid hormones and chemicals exist. They exist to affect and support the brain. If any of these hormones or chemicals are off, the brain will behave differently. And the person associated with this brain will behave differently.

As far as autism goes, I do believe in many instances it is a brain injury, especially with regressive autism.  Vaccines can cause inflammation (source), including that of the brain.  This article is not going to go into the controversy surrounding vaccinations.   If you would like to learn more, I encourage you to visit The Truth About Vaccines.

In addition to vaccinations, other factors that can contribute to brain injury and brain inflammation and possible autism or other TBIs are injuries such as falls, violence against the child, accidental bumps, birth trauma; stress, environmental factors, pathogenic gut flora, preterm birth (source) and more.

There is evidence that children with autism respond more severely to stress, physical or not, than neurotypical children. (source)  This increased stress can create a surge of stress hormones that, again, affect the brain and how it develops.

Autism note: When I talk about autism, I’m talking about nonverbal children who scream, self-injure, are overwhelmed by everyday surroundings, have life-impacting sensory issues, and have a lower quality of life than what we desire for our children. I am NOT talking about the high-functioning autism, with high IQ, and the ability to function well in society, albeit with some idiosyncrasies.  I am talking about sick children (and adults) that need and want help.

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