I read article about virtual autism. It claims that too much exposure to screen such as tablets, television, computers, video games and cellphone can make a child have symptoms of autism.
According to new clinical case studies have found that young children who spend too much time to screen may labeled them as having autism and if these screens will take away for a few months, the child’s autism symptoms will disappear. This phenomenon is called virtual autism or autism induced by electronic gadgets.
Many parents nowadays, use television or cellphone to make their children busy and they can work at the same time while the mother was busy doing household chores, they do not have time to play with their children which is not good to child’s development. A child needs someone to talk and play to be able to develop their social skills. Social skills is the ability to interact with other and because of electronic device, these children have limited time to face with people.
In today’s generation, more young children were diagnosed with autism, ADHD, Global Development delays and speech delays and they blame it to overuse of gadget. These young children spend four or more hours watching screens such as tablet or cellphone. So, it suggested to try screen removal to see if there are improvements and see results.
In my own viewpoint, we can also use electronic gadgets with our children but of course in moderation since there are some educational app that will help our children to learn.