TV implicated in rise of Autism
"Too much TV time for toddlers may trigger autism, according to a study by Cornell business professors.
"Over the past few decades, there's been an amazing increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism. Some experts think this is due to broader diagnostic criteria for autism. Some point to vastly increased services for autistic children. Others think that something in the environment is triggering an autism epidemic.
"It occurred to Cornell University management professor Michael Waldman, Ph.D., that the increase in autism cases came at the same time as increased opportunities for very young children to watch TV. Could it be, he wondered, that the explosion in children's TV programming, DVDs, VCRs, and video/computer games is behind the explosion in autism diagnoses?
"Waldman asked his colleagues in the medical world to look at the issue. Nobody would. So he assembled a research team and did the study himself — using tools more often seen in economic studies than in medical studies. The results bolstered his suspicions ..."
CBS News
(This would surprise me about as much as if I was told it's nearly New Year.)
Tagged: health, mental+health, tv, television, science, children
"Over the past few decades, there's been an amazing increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism. Some experts think this is due to broader diagnostic criteria for autism. Some point to vastly increased services for autistic children. Others think that something in the environment is triggering an autism epidemic.
"It occurred to Cornell University management professor Michael Waldman, Ph.D., that the increase in autism cases came at the same time as increased opportunities for very young children to watch TV. Could it be, he wondered, that the explosion in children's TV programming, DVDs, VCRs, and video/computer games is behind the explosion in autism diagnoses?
"Waldman asked his colleagues in the medical world to look at the issue. Nobody would. So he assembled a research team and did the study himself — using tools more often seen in economic studies than in medical studies. The results bolstered his suspicions ..."
CBS News
(This would surprise me about as much as if I was told it's nearly New Year.)
Tagged: health, mental+health, tv, television, science, children
Pip Wilson posted item above at 2:38 PM | Permalink
1 Comments:
Really? What if the children don't watch television and 'get' autism anyway? There are as many theories about the causes of autism as their are theorist able to make a fast buck.
Personally, I blame the gene pool of the parents.
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