Autism

Again, every child with autism is unique, and there is no single ‘right’ approach.

first three years of

constipation, diarrhoea and food sensitivities.

physical symptoms of distress

primarily due to a dysfunction of walking, speaking and thinking but to a dysfunction in the development of the three higher senses of word, thought and ego.

fantasy and imagination, and are expressed in the child’s natural urge to play, are impeded. Therefore, these most child-like attributes are markedly absent in children with autism.

never be able to provide the answer. He still thinks that research will show in the future that autism has a mainly environmental cause.

‘It is significant that their insensitivity to other persons’ feelings, purposes and experiences appears before the child is three years old, and after an early infancy that was apparently almost normal’ (Trevarthen et al. 1996, 24).