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An autism question.

Started by Justin Wise · 7 months ago

I found the following article on Slate.com very intriguing. Here’s a portion of it:

“Cornell University researchers are reporting what appears to be a statistically significant relationship between autism rates and television watching by children under the age of 3. Th ... Continue reading »

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  • I remember reading this article a couple years ago and being intrigued. However, my brother showed signs that something wasn't traditional pretty much from birth, so it's hard for the TV theory to resonate with me.

    Something to keep in mind is that autism wasn't really diagnosed before the 80's, so the increase might be more of a correlation than a causation. Lots of people who were wrongly diagnosed as something else were being properly diagnosed for the first time.

    I'm excited to hear what others have to say though.

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