The commenter discusses children's screen exposure, parent-child interaction and reported language and at…

HHS public comment #6361 · HHS-OASH-2026-0397 · 2026-10-28

#1The commenter discusses children's screen exposure, parent-child interaction and reported language and at…by Alex Andreasen » 2026-10-28
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The commenter discusses children's screen exposure, parent-child interaction and reported language and attention effects, while questioning an autism characterization.

  • Children & vulnerable groups: utistic-like symptoms" "Results showed that children who spent viewing ≤ 3 hours per day had language delay and short
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: ing ≤ 3 hours per day had language delay and short attention span, while children who spent viewing ≥ 3 hours per day had language
  • Research & federal duties: creen exposure and autistic-like symptoms" "Results showed that children who spent viewing ≤ 3 hours per day had language d

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I wouldnt call the below "autistic", but I do see that maybe it influences attention and what the attention is used for and in what ways. I think some amount of TV and radio can help improve speech, but the content matters a lot. As does time exposed to it. And parent interaction outside it.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5849631/#bib4

"Early electronic screen exposure and autistic-like symptoms"

"Results showed that children who spent viewing ≤ 3 hours per day had language delay and short attention span, while children who spent viewing ≥ 3 hours per day had language delay, short attention span, and hyperactivity. While, we found that more than a half of children (66.6%) had no parents-child interaction during the exposure, speech delayed and short attention had been reported in all cases, and hyperactivity was found in 66.6% children."

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