Published on 12, July, 2020
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 .
There was never a television in my house until I was five years old. So not a cause of my autism.
My parents told me I would get square eyes if I watched too much television. I remember looking in a mirror to see if my eyes were going square - and I convinced myself they were! I don't believe that television causing autism has any more validity - and probably has less - than television causing square eyes.
Just another crack-brained theory!