See the multiple sources online showing the connection of autism and infections, toxins, cytokines from food sensitivities, air pollution, etc. See online YouTube "Lyme in the Era of Precision Medicine" and the many You tube educational videos by Susan Swedo, NIMH that show strept grp A, Covid, Lyme spirochetes, EBV, HSV, influenza, and multiple other infections can lead to autism, ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune disease with proven damage. See many monkey brain studies starting in 1995, 1997, 2012, 2023 of Lyme spirochetes which are some of the worst since there are 20 viruses within the spirochete per Lemieux in 2023 whose co-authors include 2 prior Lyme deniers. They proved Lyme spirochetes can cause fluctuating severe symptoms, much worse than syphilis. Over 620,000 cases/yr in the USA.

Sound sensitivity and light sensitivity go with brain inflammation from the above causes. Many then have trouble handling their surroundings.