Does watching TV cause Autism ?

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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  • I'm with Scorpion0x17 on this one Autismtwo. This does seem like a load of nonsense that hasn't even had much research done into it.

    And - "Staring at TV may be linked to rigid thinking and rigid movement factor in a rigid parenting family upbringing."

    What does rigid thinking and movement factor etc have to do with autism?

    Tons of scientific respected research all indicates that autism is primarily genetic, and is -triggered- by enviornmental factors that either increase the persons ability to interact with society or make their 'symptoms' worsen.

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  • I'm with Scorpion0x17 on this one Autismtwo. This does seem like a load of nonsense that hasn't even had much research done into it.

    And - "Staring at TV may be linked to rigid thinking and rigid movement factor in a rigid parenting family upbringing."

    What does rigid thinking and movement factor etc have to do with autism?

    Tons of scientific respected research all indicates that autism is primarily genetic, and is -triggered- by enviornmental factors that either increase the persons ability to interact with society or make their 'symptoms' worsen.

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