According to the Daily Mail, we now have video games to thank for autism, along with vaccines, mercury, and possibly space aliens too...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar...xpand=true
Video games cause autism? sheesh what will they think of next? bring it on
*buggers off to play more alien vs predator II.....
hah!
er, nice try there Daily Fail.
Heavy metal music causes autism, see those headbangers whiplashing?
Man, if heavy metal, video games and banging auties causes autism, I would be stereotypical 'LFA' by now....I can't think of three better things to do at the moment
I swear, if they add smoking 'erb to the list of autism causes, I'ma go down to the daily mail and bang some heads together
Actually, the research I've seen suggests that autism is inherent in the way the brain is wired, and cannot be "caught" (therefore it is not a "disease"). People who say that autism is part of them are right, because they have "autistically wired" brains. Therefore, there's no "cure" per se. What Lovaas ABA and other early intervention therapies are actually doing is teaching the brain to rewire itself, or maybe to bypass the "damaged" areas. But autism is not a dread disease that is being passed around at day care centers like the flu. You cannot become autistic by playing video games, or having sex with an aspie. (lol) Maybe if parents understood that autism is not a disease, but a genetic abnormality, they'd be less obsessed with "curing" their kids.
There isn't necessarily any "damaged" areas in an autistic brain. There is different wiring and structural differences perhaps, but.. physical damage? What would cause the damage in the first place? And, where is your proof?
For your information, there isn't any conclusive proof that most (or even many) AS/autistic people have brain damage.
I look forward to your response, as I am taken aback by your words.
Video games cause autism?!
My hubby reckons it's the other way round!
Video games cause autism?!
My hubby reckons it's the other way round!
Perfect example: Satoshi Tajiri. XD
How exactly would that work, anyhow?
I swear, if they add smoking 'erb to the list of autism causes, I'ma go down to the daily mail and bang some heads together
Lestat,
OMG, I just had the MOST EVIL THOUGHT EVER:
New research: MARIJUANA CURES AUTISM!!!
What if we circulated 'research' that 'proved' that smoking herb *cured* autism, and made sure that people like Autism Speaks got hold of it?
"Here, Johnny, smoke this and get better..."
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I am just *so* EVIL!!!
-BobB
This was probably made up by the same crew that think television is to blame for ADD, rock music is to blame for suicide, and video games are also to blame for school shootings.
The only thing video games cause is RSI
I'm Gemini my sign is ruled by the planet ....Mercury!
Was it
clothes make people
or
people make clothes
?
Seems to apply to autistics and video games, too. Do we have a cross-eyed smiley?
The only thing video games cause is RSI
yeah, tell me about it
*wince*
For goodness sake!
Whatever next?
LOL Bob, love it, you might have me checking into the autism cure clinic yet
For all reasons for the Daily Mail:
Pffft. Pseudoscience.