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TV Theory

By Richard | April 5, 2007

Does anyone else buy this? I’m not sure I do.

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Controversial New Theory Links Autism to TV

ABC News

April 5, 2007 — As more children are diagnosed with autism than ever before, the disorder largely remains a mystery in the medical community.

Now, Michael Waldman, a Cornell University economics professor, has written a research paper suggesting that scientists study the connection between early childhood television viewing and autism. His basic thesis: Excessive TV viewing by children with a genetic disposition to autism makes them more likely to develop the disorder.  MORE

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