Consumul de mediu virtual şi tulburarea de spectru autist la copiii cu vârste între 0-3 ani
Consumption of virtual environment and autistic spectrum disorder in children of 0-3 years of age

Summary/Abstract: This study describes the incidence of excessive use of virtual environment in recently diagnosed children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over the period 2012-2017 within two specialized recovery centres. The study was conducted longitudinally following progress in the therapeutic process by measuring QD / IQ in 62 children with autism in Romania. The analysis was made between two lots that presented or not, in anamnestic history, a consumption of more than 4 hours / day of virtual environment, during 0-3 years. The results of the study are: Children diagnosed with ASD, who had a history of excessive consumption of virtual environment during the 0-3 year period, recorded QD / IQ higher by 37%, between the first and second complex psychological evaluation, which resources were over three times lower than the control group. This suggests that sensorimotor and socioefacial deprivation caused by consumption of more than 4 hours / day of virtual environment can trigger behaviors and elements similar to those encountered in children diagnosed with ASD. Following our research we have defined this form of autism: Virtual autism.

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