When Doctors Said 'Autism' But My Instinct Found the Real Answer

The Path That Transformed My Sons' Development

The Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI) Method helped my sons overcome developmental challenges by addressing unintegrated reflexes that should naturally fade after infancy. When trauma kept these reflexes active, they caused issues with emotional regulation, sensory processing, and learning causing mess! Dr. Masgutova's specific therapy techniques use gentle movements to help the nervous system heal naturally.

When My Son's Body Began Speaking Through Symptoms

When Maurycy first showed signs of distress, it was worse than an ice bucket challenge. The trauma from his first kindergarten, worsening after we switched to the second, manifested physically—he simply stopped pooping! What followed feels familiar to too many parents: the endless medical appointments, tests, medications, ultrasounds. All showing nothing wrong.

The doctors' expressions gradually shifted from concern to suspicion. Their looks said what their words didn't: maybe the problem was me, not my son. And still, Maurycy wasn't getting better.

His language development stalled too. Despite navigating three languages daily, he began speaking less and less. Our regular visits to the Psychological and Pedagogical Counseling Center left us where we started—he wouldn't even engage with the therapists or take their tests. Sitting under the table or on my lap the whole hour.

Then came those words that stop a mother's heart: "He might be on the spectrum." "Have you considered he could be autistic?"

How do you tell if a child is on the spectrum or if something else is happening?

Those questions haunted me for weeks. I'd lie awake watching Maurycy sleep, replaying every interaction, every milestone, every struggle. Something didn't fit. Yes, he had withdrawn socially. Yes, his language had regressed. Yes, he showed sensory sensitivities. But there was a timeline to all this—a clear before and after.

I kept thinking: Would autism suddenly appear after a kindergarten trauma? Why did his symptoms seem worse in certain environments but better in others? Why the physical manifestation through his digestive system? The doctors had their checklists and forms, but they hadn't spent five years memorizing every detail of his being like I had.

What are the signs of ADHD in a child?

The questions multiplied as different specialists weighed in. Maybe it was ADHD? He couldn't sit still during assessments. His attention seemed scattered. But at home, when he felt safe, he could focus intensely on activities he loved. His "hyperactivity" felt more like anxiety to me—a nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight.

I started researching obsessively, not just clinical definitions but mothers' stories. I knew my child's body was communicating something deeper, something that diagnostic labels weren't capturing. There was wisdom in his symptoms if I could just understand the language.

Trusting the Voice Inside Me

That's when I decided to trust myself. If anyone knows what's right for my child, it's me! I slowed everything down. Projects paused. Five months devoted just to Maurycy—no kindergarten, no nursery, no nanny. Just us, finding our rhythm together. I thought I was creating space for him to relax, but honestly? I needed to slow down too. My inner work became the foundation for his healing journey.

To be thorough, we saw an iridologist and an osteopath for his lymphatic flow. Then we found Ania, a certified specialist in the Masgutova Method (MNRI). Her diagnosis process alone told me we were in the right place—she spent over an hour carefully observing him. After eight-minute doctor visits, this felt like finally being seen. The care and patience she showed my son stood out in a country where children are often treated as background noise.

Witnessing Their Bodies Remember How to Heal

We're now three months into the MNRI therapy process, working with both Maurycy and my older son Sammy. The changes began after their very first session.

Watching Maurycy transform has been like witnessing a flower slowly unfurl. After the first session, he slept through the night without waking—something we hadn't experienced in months. The tension he carried in his little shoulders began melting away. Words started flowing more easily, hesitantly at first, then with growing confidence.

A month in, I heard him create complex sentences I'd never heard before. He started asking "why" questions about everything, analysing the world in two languages simultaneously. And the hero of this whole story? His bowel movements normalised. The drama with tension and poo restraining ended. He began eating more, sleeping better, and his body found its natural rhythm again.

I hadn't realized how much Sammy was struggling too—concentration issues, pressing his pen so hard it went through three pages, focus problems, dysgraphia. He couldn't sit still, and his hand was always by his left mouth side or actually in his mouth. And there was one challenge I hadn't even connected to his development: any fruit or vegetable that touched his mouth would trigger an immediate gag reflex, sending it right back out. The texture sensitivity was so intense he couldn't even try most foods.

After just three sessions of MNRI, Sammy visibly relaxed and stopped being all over the place. The pressure he put on his pen while writing disappeared after only two classes. Most remarkably, after one session focused specifically on his throwing up response, he ate sprouts! These sprouts that once had the "most disgusting texture ever" for him were suddenly tolerable. We discovered the issue was in his hard palate, affecting his texture response. His brain hemispheres weren't cooperating properly, and the Masgutova exercises helped bridge this disconnect.

The Masgutova Method That Changed Everything

Our journey involves four different types of therapy and exercises in the MNRI approach, with techniques we practice at home. The approach combines:

1. Simple physical exercises we repeat daily at home to reinforce neural pathways

2. Energy scanning that works with subtle body energy fields

3. Specific work on reactions and behaviors, helping the boys build courage and decision-making skills

4. Meridian therapy, where touch along energy pathways from point A to point B helps restore proper flow

5. Pure energy work requiring no physical touch—just cleansing the energy channels and points

Each session feels like watching a gentle unwinding of tension patterns that their bodies have held for too long. I had two C-sections and well, it left a serious mark on them. The MNRI Method focuses on supporting their natural development that got interrupted.

Understanding What Was Really Happening

I've learned that Primitive Reflexes are automatic movements babies develop in the womb and early infancy. They're survival mechanisms that should naturally integrate (become inhibited) as the nervous system matures. But trauma, stress, or developmental disruptions can keep these reflexes active, causing a cascade of symptoms that mimic various conditions. And that is where troubles started.

When Maurycy experienced trauma at kindergarten or I should say two traumas in two kindergartens, his body's stress response activated primitive reflexes that should have been dormant. These unintegrated reflexes affected his physical functioning, emotional regulation, and language development.

The Masgutova Method, developed by Dr. Svetlana Masgutova, uses gentle, rhythmic movements that mirror natural development patterns, helping the nervous system complete processes that were interrupted.

What This Journey Has Taught Me

Our path taught me that healing doesn't follow the pace of our busy world, especially mine that was too fast for me and my kids. Sometimes, the most powerful thing we can do is slow down, really see our children, and create space for natural development and gentle connection.

For any parent walking a similar path, there is one thing I could share - trust yourself, there is nobody in this world that knows better what is good for your child than you! Listen to yourself, your intuition and gut feeling. You know your child in ways no expert ever will. Your intuition isn't just a feeling—it's a profound form of intelligence that deserves to be honored.

We're still on this journey, my sons and I. But now we walk it together, with patience and the quiet confidence that healing unfolds in its own perfect time.

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