Autism （儿童自闭症) is a serious mental illness, especially of children, in which one beco

Autism (儿童自闭症) is a serious mental illness, especially of children,

in which one becomes unable to communicate or form. relationships

with others. There has been alarming rise in autism rates in the U. S. and 【S1】______

some other developed nations recently, which have come one of the most 【S2】______

anguishing mystery of modern medicine, and the source of much desperate speculation 【S3】______

by parents. In 1970, the incidence of autism was thought to be just 1 in

2,500; today about 1 in 170 kids born in the U, S. is down by autism. 【S4】______

According to a recent study performed by Cornell University, autism can be

caused by watching too much television at a tender year. "Approximate 17% of 【S5】______

the growth in autism in California and Pennsylvania during the 1970s and 1980s

was due to the growth of cable television". This is further supported by the fact

which at present around 40% of autism diagnoses in the two states studied is the 【S6】______

result of television watching due to precipitation.

There aren't yet unreliable large-scale data on the viewing habits of kids 【S7】______

aging 1 to 3—the period when symptoms of autism are typically identified, but 【S8】______

the researchers are not at all discouraged. Once this fact becomes more obvious,

it's time for parents to really take it serious and take actions to protect their 【S9】______

children off this serious illness. 【S10】______

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