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Does watching TV cause Autism ?

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James Poterba is President of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is also the Mitsui Professor of Economics at M.I.T.

Quote"They find that it is, and that this correlation cannot be explained simply by the fact that both cable subscriptions and autism rates were rising over the study period, since communities where subscription rates grew faster experienced faster growth in autism rates as well"

http://www.nber.org/bah/winter07/w12632.html

Electron cathode ray brainwashing delta signal via light cones of the eye to the brain.

Which country watches the most TV and which country has the most autism.

http://www.icare4autism.org/news/2010/09/autism-action-a-global-perspective/

http://www.aneki.com/watch_tv.html

I have not watched TV in the last 5 years, as I knew it was effecting my condition. My parents had the biggest TV in the street as well, growing up. So maybe TV size maybe a correlation as well.

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  • Stranger and Hope are right. TV does influence your eyesight and thinking process to a degree, but it does the same for everyone, it doesn't trigger autism. The images its showing may contain bright colours or flashing motions that can cause someone with autism to become upset, as can the varying volumes on tv shows and adverts, but I highly doubt it causes autism.

    Also, countries that watch the most TV are often the ones with more money as a whole, and have better healthcare and methods of diagnosis than poorer countries, so you'remore likely to be diagnosed in a wealthier country, common sense.

    Also, something else they may have overlooked, theres been a lot of awareness campaigns on mental health over the past few years on TV, which has lead to many more becoming aware of it and thus getting themselves or their loved ones diagnosed.

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  • Stranger and Hope are right. TV does influence your eyesight and thinking process to a degree, but it does the same for everyone, it doesn't trigger autism. The images its showing may contain bright colours or flashing motions that can cause someone with autism to become upset, as can the varying volumes on tv shows and adverts, but I highly doubt it causes autism.

    Also, countries that watch the most TV are often the ones with more money as a whole, and have better healthcare and methods of diagnosis than poorer countries, so you'remore likely to be diagnosed in a wealthier country, common sense.

    Also, something else they may have overlooked, theres been a lot of awareness campaigns on mental health over the past few years on TV, which has lead to many more becoming aware of it and thus getting themselves or their loved ones diagnosed.

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