The number of children diagnosed with autism has increased significantly in recent years. In the author's opinion, this does not fit with the basic assumption of conventional medicine that autism is a congenital genetic developmental disorder that cannot really be cured. Analysing the latest scientific studies, he describes new explanations for the development of autism: . Gluten and casein intolerance . Damage caused by mercury and other heavy metals . Increasing exposure to electromagnetic fields and wireless data transmission . Inflammatory processes, brain damage and impaired immune defence From these findings, Dr. Blomberg, who as a psychiatrist in Sweden has many years of experience in treating autistic children, derives a whole range of practical recommendations for self-help and treatment of autistic children: This begins with a diet free of casein, gluten and soya, as well as the use of nutritional supplements, and continues through the elimination of electromagnetic fields and heavy metal detoxification to the restoration of immune defences, the reversal ("integration") of persistent early childhood reflexes and the use of rhythmic movement training developed by the author himself.