The member of the Egyptian Society of Allergy and Immunology, Dr. Magdy Badran revealed the importance to celebrate World Autism Day to increase public awareness and to recognizes Autism as a spreading global pandemic.

He told “Arab Today” in a statement that children suffering from Autism have problems in communicating , tend to isolate themselves from other children , get angry When violating their privacy, and living in their own world , adding that the World Autism is derived from Autous which means self .
 
He added that the disorders of Autism start at a very young age, showing lack of social , verbal and non-verbal communication . It happens to one out of 68 children in the US , and it is  more likely to happen between male children by four and half times than female children .

He explained that most of Autism causes are still mysterious , adding that 25% are genetic causes along with other environmental ones that can happen to the children prenatal ,during and after birth .

Scientists researches reveals that Autism can happen during pregnancy due to drugs, heavy metals , particles stuck in the air , infection, diabetes, allergies ,pollution, genetically modified foods and smoking.
 
He added that 5% of Autism cases happen due to flaws in neurological conductors and the white substance in the brain , It also happen because of low number of burking cells in the cerebellum ,that is responsible to deliver information from the cerebellum to the Cortex , causing dysfunction in the that can hinder both motor skills and perception .

He confirmed that the risk of having Autism is high among identical twins and less among non-identical ones , and having one child with Autism increases the chances to happen to another child from the same parents , with the high risk of happening among children with genetic or mental diseases , children with Down Syndrome , children born early and children with low weight at birth .

He added that the rates of food allergies and Autism had increased during the last two decades in the United States , and about 1.8 million child is in danger because of allergies , and at the same time the Autism rates is up to 1500% , as they are epidemics.

He said that the intestines are an integral part of the immune system and had their connection with the brain , as they also known as the second brain , and having allergies to some foods can cause infections to the  membrane of the intestines, adding that Gluten  can harm wheat causing at least 200 different damages .

He continued that some antibiotics of wheat react with body proteins especially the Nervous system causing Autism , and the wheat gluten helps to increase a particular proteinuria between the small spaces of the cells lining the small intestine , which increase unidentified substances entering the blood similar to the  B cells of the insulin-producing pancreas, and therefore the immune system starts to deal with this tissues as a strange substance which leads to complete destruction of the pancreas and having Diabetes at a very young age.

The Wheat Allergy patient is constantly bleeding, and is deprived of proteins which leads to Anemia and frequent diarrhea , and at least 76% of children with Autism is having at least one problem with the digestive system ,and 64% have more than one  .

There is a connection between digestive problems and behavior attitudes among the children with Autism such as social isolation and hyper activities . Antibiotics helped with the spread of the disease and the children nowadays is subjected to different toxics found in the preserved foods .

Available epidemiological data shows no connection between measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism , show great flaws in the previous studies that say otherwise .

He concluded that the Autism researches show that the parents of an Autism child are more likely to have depression which will harm the child himself , and a healthy diet can be helpful to Autism patients .