Looking at Autism from an objective point of view, there are many things that become apparent when the facts are analyzed. However the down fall comes when we fail to analyze the points of segregation that restrict us from making accurate judgments on those facts, and with it, we continue to do research on things that should be painfully clear if  we just took the time to connect some ideas. This for the most part, is my personal problem with the people leading the way in science, as science remains stagnant by the minds that are in charge of doing the research. And with it, the research never progresses at the pace in which it should be progressing at.

If we apply this example to Autism, and look at the brain specifically, we see that the brain of an Autistic child is left in a state of over expansion. The crucial part of the Limbic system that monitors the input and output of stimulus becomes bloated, we have clustered of underdeveloped neurons, the folds of the brain are not as developed as a normal extroverted child and finally the consolidation period for the child takes much longer to settle down. What causes this and why? Has anybody ever stopped to consider if the nervous system is in some way connected to the lack of development of the brain? The body is after all connected through a series of nerves that stretch from the spine and reach every tip of the body. The brain automatically reacts when stimulus registers from this nervous system and in my opinion its even logical to assume that without the nervous system feeding into the brain, then we wouldn’t be able to discern north from south let alone make any sense of the known world. 

Now going back to the facts, the brain solidifies its neural connections through current neural pathways and kills off the ones it does not need, put simply it retains and strengthens the strongest paths while getting rid of the clutter, very much like we do in life and is an excellent example of the laws of evolution transcending to different levels of interaction. The key being the stimulus that the nervous system provides, and what kind of stimulus the nervous system is subjecting the developing mind too, let’s say that the nervous system of the child gets thrown into a state of shock, from ether an aggressive body response to a vaccine (the more foreign the chemical, the more responsive the body will be, take note that its not the chemical, but the genetic makeup of the person that will create the necessary response), skewed hormone conditions and a repressive mind state (higher androgen levels, cortisone), or the child just doesn’t get the needed stimulus resulting in fewer neural connections being made. Now the first two would no doubt leave the mind expanded (combine an expanding mind with additional stimulus and you will get excess superficial growth), a neural system in a state of over stimulation, and ultimately it will result in more neural connections staying active. This comes at a compromise though, if we apply a very common real world example of supply and demand, there is only so much nourishment to go around and therefore will be spread out over the expanded network of neural arrangements. Sadly, the child’s neural state will be left with larger areas of underdeveloped neural clusters, and with it, the child will remain introverted and withdrawn from the world as its logical to assume, we function according to the physiological makeup of the brain. The third type is somewhat different neurologically but can result in somewhat of the same effect, a cold mother for instance would provide less interaction over time which would diminish the amount of nourishment received on the child’s end, and with it, less synapse connections would be formed resulting in a substandard emotional connection with the world, they would be able to absorb emotion, but not respond equally to it, resulting in a introverted subjectively withdrawn individual who has potential to grow, but first, great strides in connecting with the external world would have to be made, and with it, they would learn to adapt over time on their own, albeit at a slower pace, ironically connecting with the world translates to greater synapse connections in the brain, but the clutter would have to be minimized, and if you actually drew this out, like a cloud with a ton of brain storming ideas all interconnected, it would look very much like a neural network and resemble every day social interaction. This condition would effectively be known as Aspergers syndrome, the milder form of Autism.

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