TV causes autism? cornell study | ADHD Information
auntie---i don't believe it has anything to do with vaccinations either.......i think it's just a neurological disorder.....d/k what really causes it?
This is so stupid, I'm sorry but I have a friend who has a boy with autism and he was diagnosed since he was 2 years old. They are born this way, it is not that they turn autism, come on.Just like we are born with - different facial features, different body types, different colored hair/eyes, a propensity to illnesses our parents/grandparents had, etc - we are also born with different brain types. It is just genetics.
All I have to do is look at my family. I have a brother and 3 sisters who have the dark bohemian skin tone of my Mom. The rest of us got the fair skin tone. Two sisters got blue eyes like my Dad. The rest got the dark beautiful brown eyes of my mother. One sister has artheritis just like two of my Aunties on my Dads side did. She and one other sister has their body type - big boned/short legs/long torso -same shape but they got the tallness of both parents & grandparents. My Dad was probably ADHD. I was told in hushed conversation after my Uncle killed himself that he was crazy. I have a sister who has major mental issues. I have a sister with ADHD, an neice with ADHD and then there is me.
My 2 autistic G-nephews are easy to figure out. You only have to look as far as their father and their father's father.
Personally I really don't understand why people keep looking for causes. To me it is pretty obvious that certain traits are more prominent in some family members. So why not the brain?
true---barb! my older daughter does not have aspergers....& my youngest is a mild case
.....Perhaps the Amish don't get autism because they arrange marriages from with in a closed gene pool.I have a friend with an autistic child. Her other two kids are perfectly normal. If tv or even indoor air causes it, why is the middle child the only one affected?
I agree, its a weak study.
ivanhoe, I just have to ask: I've noticed on several of your posts that you start out using caps and lowers, then suddenly go to all CAPS. What's that about? It's a bit distracting, like all of a sudden you are shouting.Here's an interesting observation to throw into the mix:I work in a school district in Microsoft country and i have heard an interesting observation by teachers...I do not know where the data comes from, but I've heard that Microsoft employees have a higher rate of autism among their children than in the general population. Could this possibly be related to that type of gene pool? or following the line of the article posted related to higher exposure in those families to certain types of technology? Just an observation...
The Amish also do not get vaccinated.....
[QUOTE=susieb]No offense taken. I really have a hard time with studies that suggest a single disorder is caused by only one problem. People have a tendency to pick up that notion and run with it. I knew if I posted this a response like Auntie's would show up. [/QUOTE]
Sorry Susieb. LOL
[QUOTE=Laurapalmer]yeah, it says the amish don't get autism, cause they don't watch tv......sry, but to me, it's not enough proof.....that's all! i'll bet there's not too many amish ppl around either....[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure if there is any "real" data regarding the Amish but I wonder if they are just more accepting of differences? I guess I'd have to see the actual statistics. Guess I'll be googling in a minute. LOL
BPQW - Ivanhoe has an easier time with all caps. He probably just noticed they weren't caps and changed them. He isn't yelling.
Edited to add... I have a really hard time believing vaccinations have anything to do with autism. If it caused autism then wouldn't we see way more autistic kids than we do?? I mean just about everyone in the U.S. has had vaccinations. I'm not totally convinced either way though because you never just never know what might affect one person differently. 
Auntie, I have a ton of research on the vaccination issue -- I'd be more than happy to share! I'm not asserting that vaccines CAUSE autism (though in some cases they most certainly might) but I definitely think they exacerbate them, along with other neurological disorders. I just met a mother the other day whose son is receiving federal funds (set up for this purpose) from the cancer he got from the chicken pox vaccine (he also has vaccine induced autism). I can assure you the federal gov't does not hand out money unless it had been proven he developed these problems as a direct result of vaccination.
Seriously, I have a TON of info on this issue -- I have a vested interest in knowing as we have made the decision to delay and select the vaccinations our newborn will be receiving. I only wish I knew before what I know now!
i have 2 kids, raised them the same way.......that sounds like bs, my daughter's diagnosis is very real! & not caused by the television........
nothing against u, btw!
laurapalmer39008.3870601852[QUOTE=susieb]The science behind this sound very shaky, but I'm not an autism expert. Actually, I think it's bullsh**, I was just trying to be polite. If I'm wrong, let me know. It's a study that says tv causes autism.
http://www.slate.com/id/2151538/nav/tap1/
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If this were true then it sure doesn't explain why I have two autistic nephews who were raised without television due to religious reasons. They never owned a T.V. -ever!
"What I couldn't figure out is why would anybody good enough to work at Cornell put out such a weak study?"
That is not unheard of:
Dr. Breggin (ADHD is not real and meds are evil) graduated from harvard and worked at NIH. http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/breggin.html
I suppose so. My sister's alma mater is cornell. She got her doctorate there. I guess it was just a hope against hope. I saw that. What I couldn't figure out is why would anybody good enough to work at Cornell put out such a weak study? There was only one clinician and the other two were from the school of management. What does that have to do with autism?
BTW, did anyone see the telethon for Autism Jon Stewart (The daily show) hosted called "Night of Too Many Stars?" It was hilarious! It was on Sun nite.
susieb39007.584537037The science behind this sound very shaky, but I'm not an autism expert. Actually, I think it's bullsh**, I was just trying to be polite. If I'm wrong, let me know. It's a study that says tv causes autism.
http://www.slate.com/id/2151538/nav/tap1/
Relationship does not equal cause, and as the article states this needs to be looked at further. Here is a quote from the article:
"There are many possible objections to the Cornell study. One is that time indoors, not television, may be the autism trigger. Generally, indoor air quality is much lower than outdoor air quality: Recently the Environmental Protection Agency warned, "Risks to health may be greater due to exposure to air pollution indoors than outdoors." Perhaps if rain and snow cause young children to spend more time indoors, added exposure to indoor air pollution harms them. It may be that families with children at risk for autism disorders are for some reason more likely to move to areas that get lots of rain and snow or to move to areas with high cable-television usage. Some other factor may explain what only appears to be a television-autism relationship."