Autism and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Autism spectrum disorder is a range of developmental or biomedical disorders, and autism affects may parts of the brain. Symptoms begin in childhood and include social, communication and behavioral impairments or differences. Autism affects 1 in 88 children in the U.S. Boys are usually affected more that girls. It is still not understood why autism occurs and causes have become the subject of heated debates. Vaccines, metal poisoning, wheat and dairy diets plus oxygen insufficiencies have been discounted. Generic ties have been affirmed and research today focuses on identifying genes, environmental triggers, infections brain, different brain developments, and problems before, during and after birth. Twelve years ago an anxious mother was told her son had autism. She started studying about the disorder, attended conferences and learned about treatments in a hyperbaric chamber. In this chamber pressure is increased in an attempt to ...