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Watching tv when growing up and autism

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over 6 years ago

There is some contentious stuff out there about high levels of tv watching increasing the chances of a child becoming autistic. What if however children with autism/autism traits are more likely anyway to watch tv. I don't know if that is true, I'm just throwing it out there for debate.
Possibly more time stuck in front of the box would mean less time engaged in imaginative play.
I was a toddler in the late 50s/early 60s and apparently watched a lot of television. Nowadays a toddler watching lots of tv or videos would not be that unusual, but I'm not sure it was the case back in the late 50s/early 60s .

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  • over 6 years ago

    Media will spin anything to get views. Suddenly, an apparent link between the occurrence between two events (being autistic and watching TV) has become definite proof that "watching TV will make you autistic". It's a correlation - the results of both variables appear to be linked, but that doesn't conclude that one causes the other. 

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  • over 6 years ago

    Media will spin anything to get views. Suddenly, an apparent link between the occurrence between two events (being autistic and watching TV) has become definite proof that "watching TV will make you autistic". It's a correlation - the results of both variables appear to be linked, but that doesn't conclude that one causes the other. 

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