Health: TV Watching Tied To Autism, Study Says

[Guest guest]

I found this information very interesting. Don't know if TV watching causes

autism, but autism sure seems to cause TV watching. My autistic son lives

by TV. He really likes watching football, both forwards and backwards. He

also loves rainstorms, and the more thunder and lightning the better.

 

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" Butch Owen " <butchbsi

 

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:30 AM

Health: TV Watching Tied To Autism, Study Says

 

 

> TV Watching Tied To Autism, Study Says

>

> POSTED: 1:01 pm MDT October 16, 2006

>

> Researchers from Cornell University said they have discovered a link

> between TV watching and autism.

>

> The authors looked at county-by-county information on when cable TV

> entered an area, as well as precipitation rates.

>

> The analysis showed that children from rainy counties watch more

> television and that areas with high precipitation also had higher autism

> rates.

>

> " The analysis shows that early childhood television viewing could be an

> environmental trigger for the onset of autism and strongly points to the

> need for more research by experts in the field of autism, " said Michael

> Waldman, a professor of economics at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School

> of Management.

>

> A news release from Cornell reported that the autism rate was 1 in 2,500

> children 30 years ago, but has increased to as high as 1 in 166 as TV

> viewing has increased.

>

> The authors looked at indirect views such as weather and cable

> penetration rates because there was no data to track autism against how

> much time children spend watching TV.

>

> " Our analysis is not definitive, but it certainly raises questions that

> seem to have gone unasked in autism research to date, " said Sean

> Nicholson, an associate professor of policy analysis and management at

> Cornell.

>

>

> © 2006, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

TV Watching Tied To Autism, Study Says

 

POSTED: 1:01 pm MDT October 16, 2006

 

Researchers from Cornell University said they have discovered a link

between TV watching and autism.

 

The authors looked at county-by-county information on when cable TV

entered an area, as well as precipitation rates.

 

The analysis showed that children from rainy counties watch more

television and that areas with high precipitation also had higher autism

rates.

 

" The analysis shows that early childhood television viewing could be an

environmental trigger for the onset of autism and strongly points to the

need for more research by experts in the field of autism, " said Michael

Waldman, a professor of economics at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School

of Management.

 

A news release from Cornell reported that the autism rate was 1 in 2,500

children 30 years ago, but has increased to as high as 1 in 166 as TV

viewing has increased.

 

The authors looked at indirect views such as weather and cable

penetration rates because there was no data to track autism against how

much time children spend watching TV.

 

" Our analysis is not definitive, but it certainly raises questions that

seem to have gone unasked in autism research to date, " said Sean

Nicholson, an associate professor of policy analysis and management at

Cornell.

 

 

© 2006, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

[Guest guest]

I don't see how TV watching causes autism. Yes, autistic children watch TV more,

but they weren't 'made' autistic by tv. They were born with it, so unless there

is some sort of entertainment center inside the mother's womb, I don't see how

TV could possibly cause autism.

 

IMO, this is silly.

 

~Jewel

 

 

 

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