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Okay, um, if a kid watches too much TV and plays too many damn video games, that is not going to 'cause autism' or 'cause ADD'. Sure, if a parent is irresponsible and lets the boob-tube-a-roo raise their kid, said kid will likely be impatient, easily bored, and will probably have difficuly communicating, to a certain extent.
This does not mean that said kid has ADD or Autism or Asperger's Syndrome.
It means the kid's developed bad mental habits. They can be rectified with effort. ADD and Asperger's and the like need more than just 'trying to break a bad habit'. it's apples and oranges.
If an adult does what that kid does, that adult will display the same symptoms. It doesn't 'cause' ADD or - gah. You can't catch a neurological disorder from the television set. Any person, if they're exposed to a lot of jumpcuts and instant gratification, develops an expectation for those. Our brain's internal clock adjusts to set the faster pace as 'normal'. Every human being does this.
This is not what ADD is. I am going to 'splain what it is! And preach to the choir a lot but I feel the need to talk about this so nyah.
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This does not mean that said kid has ADD or Autism or Asperger's Syndrome.
It means the kid's developed bad mental habits. They can be rectified with effort. ADD and Asperger's and the like need more than just 'trying to break a bad habit'. it's apples and oranges.
If an adult does what that kid does, that adult will display the same symptoms. It doesn't 'cause' ADD or - gah. You can't catch a neurological disorder from the television set. Any person, if they're exposed to a lot of jumpcuts and instant gratification, develops an expectation for those. Our brain's internal clock adjusts to set the faster pace as 'normal'. Every human being does this.
This is not what ADD is. I am going to 'splain what it is! And preach to the choir a lot but I feel the need to talk about this so nyah.
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