Autism Isn’t Just Neurological — It’s a Whole-system Disorder, Driven by Environmental Toxins

Jeet Varia, Ph.D. told The Defender that the scientific community needs to acknowledge and explore these environmental factors. “Something is happening in our environment for us to see such an increase in autism,” he said. “We need to ‘get over’ the scientific consensus of genetic causes and accept environmental ones.”

The authors wrote in their report:

“Only once we understand that ASD is not genetically inevitable or a genetic tragedy but an environmental and physiological catastrophe, will we truly be able to grasp and address the root causes of the dramatic rise in its prevalence.”

In their review, the authors argue that future treatments for ASD need to “go beyond the current reductionist and ‘magic-bullet’ medical paradigm.”

Pharmaceutical drugs have their place in the emergency room, Varia said, but they generally do more harm than good for treating diseases like ASD. “There is no ‘magic bullet,’” he emphasized.

Nonetheless, many modern clinicians often use pharmaceutical medication as if it were a magic bullet that can eliminate a disease’s cause or symptom.

The authors said more holistic treatments, including “non-pharmacological, nutritional and botanical therapeutic modalities,” for addressing ASD symptoms have shown promise.

For instance, parents of children with ASD and clinicians have reported success in treating — and sometimes, reversing — ASD symptoms through food and diet. There’s also clinical evidence that mind-body modalities, such as breathwork training, can boost social communication and cognitive functions while mitigating anxiety.

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