A Confluence of Research

(PHOTO: Michael Bretherton)

I get the news feed from the University of Washington’s press office. I hadn’t checked my RSS reader for while, and so there were a few releases waiting for me. The headlines are as follows.

1. Autism conference to look at link to mercury poisoning, mirror neurons, genetics (April 25)
2. Latest treatments, possible causes of autism to highlight press conference (May 1)
3. Children with autism have difficulty recognizing ordinary words (May 4)

And finally, my favorite,

4. 40 percent of 3-month-old infants are regularly watching TV, DVDs or videos (May 7)

Now I am not saying that TV and autism are connected or nothing...or that the rise of TV is responsible for the rise in autism (seeing as we’ve RULED OUT vaccines, it’s as game as anything else)...it’s just funny.

Now go play outdoors.