Could I Be Aspie Because of Cartoons?

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03 Oct 2011, 4:23 pm

It occured to me what if cartoons cause autism?

It seems like most of my thoughts are spoken in someone else's words even though I know they are my thoughts and a lot of these are from cartoons.

So what if this was caused by watching too many cartoons? Looking back in my memories it seems like some of my behavior may have even come from Aspergish cartoon characters.

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03 Oct 2011, 4:57 pm

I'm just gonna say 'LOL' and leave.

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03 Oct 2011, 5:01 pm

According to my mother I was showing some symptoms before I was 2 years old. As far as I'm aware I didn't watch cartoons until I was 4 or 5 because we couldn't afford a tv before then. So I highly doubt there's any link between cartoons and developing autism.

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03 Oct 2011, 5:05 pm

I watched a lot of video hits, especially House of Pain. White boy rap made me autistic?

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03 Oct 2011, 5:05 pm

No it doesn't cause autism. I didn't watch lot of TV in my early childhood and I still got it.

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03 Oct 2011, 5:06 pm

CARTOONS DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM!! !

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03 Oct 2011, 5:35 pm

indeed cartoons :lol: ...

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03 Oct 2011, 8:56 pm

LOL!! !

TV was basically banned in my house and I have Asperger's. That said, I was BORN with sensory issues. I didn't like to be touched or held as a baby. cartoons do not cause Autism.

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03 Oct 2011, 9:18 pm

Nope, but cartoons are rather Aspie-friendly, in my personal opinion.

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03 Oct 2011, 9:35 pm

Cartoons made me more neurotypical than I would have been had I not watched them. I learned facial expressions and tones of voice from cartoons...unfortunately. Now, I use the facial expressions and tones of voice of cartoon characters when socializing with others and also when socializing with myself. "Ehhhhhhh, what's up, Doc?" "I thought I saw a Tweety Bird! I did! I did!"

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03 Oct 2011, 10:02 pm

I can't believe this is even a topic...

Cartoons do not cause autism/Asperger's... if that was the case just about everyone would have it.

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03 Oct 2011, 10:04 pm

*quietly leaves thread, wondering why I bothered to click on it*

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04 Oct 2011, 12:58 am

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It seems like most of my thoughts are spoken in someone else's words even though I know they are my thoughts and a lot of these are from cartoons.

Maybe it was because you realized the words they were saying made more sense to express your thoughts than the ones you had for them?

Cartoons don't cause autism. Autism causes autism.

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04 Oct 2011, 1:20 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQhsStrqrPs[/youtube]

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04 Oct 2011, 1:55 am

There was an article making the rounds a few weeks ago (heck, it made national news) claiming that Spongebob causes learning difficulties and ADHD - despite the fact that the results of the study were not statistically significant. So, as ricidulous as it sounds, I bet the same "psychologists" could publish another "study" linking ASD to cartoons and the general public would lap it up, like they did with the Spongebob study.

People will believe what they are told to believe. I think the term is "argument from authority".

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04 Oct 2011, 3:12 am

If cartoons caused Autism my siblings would all be autistic. And they're not.

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