I was sent something quite interesting yesterday. It was a video of a man talking about Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. He was talking about what might cause them and how you can usually see it.
For many, many, many years parents (and, maybe, the general public) were blaming the vaccinations that you get when you are about 2 years old since that is when it first appears. That was, eventually, rubbished. Next on the list was what you ate and how it could help you "overcome" these syndromes. These were things like brown rice, gluten-free bread and coconut or soya milk. Thankfully those were also discarded because the milk was disgusting and so was the bread. It didn't matter what you did with those things, they were horrible!👿 For a little while, people thought it might be because of a vitamin D deficiency. In my country, that is not really possible.
Now we start coming around to what this guy has to say. For quite a few years experts thought (and still think) that Autism and Aspergers was (or is) a genetic condition. They said it is caused by the blood flow in your brain. This guy is saying that isn't the case at all. He is saying that it isn't genetic or environmental. He says it is caused by an injury to your brainstem.
https://www.kenhub.com/en/library/anatomy/the-brainstem
He says that an injury to the one side causes Autism and an injury to the other side causes Aspergers. And, according to him, you can sometimes see either one of these conditions just by looking at someone's smile. Someone with Autism would mostly smile on the one side. An Aspie would mostly smile on the other side. But I am an Aspie and mostly smile on the same side of my face as an Autistic person. Does that mean that I have Autism and am not an Aspie? No. It does not. But it also can't be a coincidence that I banged my head quite alot, as a child, and I am am Aspie.
I have added a link to the video. I would suggest you watch it.
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