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stochastic
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| Quote: | | kids ages 1 to 3 — the period when symptoms of autism are typically identified |
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Followthereaper90
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ClosetAspy
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I wouldn't be so quick to blow off that article . . . there may well be something to it . . .
I have long suspected a link between TV and autistic-like disorders. I can't really explain why, it is more of a gut feeling, but now I see research is showing that TV does affect children's minds.
This is my theory. Basically, I think it has to do with how the mind processes fantasy. We were not meant to live surrounded by fantasy worlds 24/7. For much of human history, yes, fantasy was present, but it was present in small, controlled amounts: storytelling around the winter campfires, religious pageants and dramas, literature, that sort of thing. The lines between fantasy and reality were not as blurred as they are today.
Why is TV singled out and not movies? Because before the advent of home video, going to a movie meant just that, you got up and went somewhere else for a short period of time. You did not live in that movie environment 24/7. But today, children as soon as they come home from the hospital, maybe even before then, are bombarded with images, sounds, and yes, electromagnetic radiation, at a time when their minds are in a critical stage of development. I had a lot of problems with fantasy versus reality when I was growing up, and I do think the TV was partly to blame, even though by today's standards we did not watch as much TV as kids do today and it was more controlled. Today I do not have a TV in the house by choice because I do not think it healthy for me. |
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stochastic
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| They are saying that watching cable TV _causes_ autism. I'm not saying that this is definitely not true, but it's absurd to just state that without any proof. The fact that cable subscription rates happen to be relatively similar to the diagnoses rates of autism is a tiny piece of circumstantial evidence. More and more homosexuals have been coming out of the closet lately also, have you considered that cable TV might cause homosexuality? |
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pluto
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Although nobody can say it's a 'cause' of autism,I think TV can be a factor in how it
develops.When I was around 8-9 years old I used to watch a lot of news and documentary
programmes and as a result I found it difficult to 'lighten up' around other kids.
That's not so much a problem nowadays because even newsreaders on TV indulge in banter.
In films everyone speaks clearly and takes turns,you don't get people mumbling or all
speaking at the same time.In comedy programmes,the characters appear to come out with
quickfire ad libs.This can lead to others IRL feeling inadequate at being unable to do the same,
until they get their head around the fact that TV isn't real.
I think TV can only affect those who are already vulnerable,I'm not so sure it can be a 'cause'
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Danielismyname
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It's the opposite, actually.
Young children with Autism like watching TV due to their lack of imagination (those with Asperger's tend to have their own world within that they can escape to; they have an imagination).
I used to sit in front of the TV and watch Star Wars and the old Battlestar Galactica over and over again when I was 3 or so; I didn't partake in imaginative play, I had to witness it happening somewhere else. |
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