Virtual Autism - The Dangers of Screen Time for 0 to 4 Years Old
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What is Virtual Autism?
This is a term coined by Romanian clinical psychologist Dr. Marius Zamfir. This is when a child exhibits autism-like symptoms due to screen-time (around 4-5 hours a day)... How real is this? We don’t know yet… But we do see a huge spike in autism diagnoses in the past 10 years… This might be one of the reasons why.
Virtual autism doesn’t mean your child is autistic. It means your child will show autism-LIKE symptoms. Recent studies e.g. www.afahc.ro/ro/afases/2018/4... have shown that getting the child off-screen time reduces the symptoms. In some cases, the symptoms disappear. When this happens, the child is actually not on the autism spectrum but has symptoms of such because of screen time and the lack of parent-child interaction.
Screen Time is Addictive
Let’s face it, you’re probably reading this on your smartphone. Digital well-being is a huge thing for us adults as well, so it’s should be obvious that it’s many times more dangerous for children. I have had students who can’t speak but were able to type “mickey mouse” into TH-cam and find the video s/he want to watch.
We need to remember that gadgets are great for learning when used correctly. However, it can re-wire the brain to crave for more. Whilst it’s well studied that in an adult brain it releases dopamine and makes us want to keep on doing the same thing over and over. The effects of using the smartphone for entertainment purposes are not well studied in a child’s brain. We need to stop our children from becoming screen junkies - they get mad when it stops and would do anything for another hit.
How Children Learn to Use Language
The main problem with watching videos is that the child won’t know how to use the language. That’s because when s/he is watching, you’re probably not interacting. From experience, children who have both high screen time and low parent-child interaction time suffer the most in language delay.
What this means is, if the child spends a lot of time watching videos, that becomes his/her language environment. Remember Tarzan? He couldn’t speak all that well because there was a lack of human communication.
Whereas children are learning language from devices, they can count, say the alphabet, sing songs, and remember phrases even. Children or even us learn a language in chunks (gestalt language processing). That’s why children will pick up whole phrases without knowing the meaning of the individual words. Videos facilitate that, we need to teach more variations of language to help the child learn more and different chunks.
The only way for a child to learn how to use the language is through social interaction. It’s one thing to learn the words, and it’s another thing to use to communicate.
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My Daughter is already 7yrs old can it be still reversed? Or it is already too late? Thanks for your video and hoping for your reply
@@familytiongson9422 no such thing as too late
OMG IT'S A REAL THING! AND IT WILL GET BETTER!
My son was close to 3yrs old when a speech therapist told me he has severe speech delay and might be autistic. He knows all, his shapes colors that most adults don't know, reads alot of words etc..all in english while french is my first language, but he couldn't communicate and was using already made sentences. He was obsessed with wheels on his toys.
I stopped the screen, and i could already see him improved A LOT whithin few days! And his interest for speech sky rocket within a few weeks! Within 2 months he's making his own sentences, makes long dialogues, makes demands, loves guessing games, make up stories he pops out of his head, can explain what he did at the kindergarten, even knows words in english that i didn't know.😂 I'm speechless, he can even communicate a lot in French.
I have to say, after about 2 months, i started turning on the tv for short periods of time with shows like " Miss rachel " and it got his communication skills even better.
So there's hope people! But now he won't stop talking lol and I'm here for that!
I was hoping to hear for something like this. My 3 and a month year old girl has also speech delay and ive stopped screen time completely. Her speech has improved, behaviour, interaction have changed too to the positive. The speech therapist who saw her was also wondering if she was autistic. But she isn't. She is a completely different girl. I'm hoping that by the end of the summer she'll be able to have a full conversation with me. But I can say the talking is nonstop these days and I'm loving it.
My son too. They tend to be so smart.
Did your son used to script a lot whatever he watched from TV shows?
@@NowrinHassanmy daughter does that a lot. Scripting from TV
@nabaditamukherjee3680 how old is he? Did u stop screen time? Is he improving?
I had 2 babies during lock down, my first I didn't expose him to screen time until he was around 12 months when my 2nd was born..i was breastfeeding my newborn and struggling to keep my 1 year old occupied it was very intense and I didn't have much help at all, completely alone with them most of the time.. This meant my second born was exposed to screen instantly, it was on most of the day in the background and became habit in working around them both and keeping a house together. Fast forward to now they're just turning 2 and 3, the 3 year old has speech delay but not too bad, but my 2 year old struggles with eye contact, responding to any kind of social cues, wouldn't even babble let alone say any words. 2 weeks ago I came across this video and immediately eliminated the TV screen entirely. 3 year old is communicating more, says about 50 new words. But main one is my 2 year old, he's responding to his name finally, he's babbling and even copying simple words like ball, baby, bye, hi, he has full eye contact, copying gestures and expressions, sleeping through the night for the first time, eating full meals... Its literally like a miracle has come upon our house!! My gut instinct told me that my little ones where affected by the screen and that they weren't autistic.. Healthcare worker has been really pushing for paediatric referrals.. Im incredibly grateful that I looked into this and my family members who visit also can't believe the change! Eldest has speech and language therapy in the pipeline which I'll still go ahead with, but I'm excited to see what the next few months being and whether they still think my youngest is autistic because he is literally a different child already! This is REAL!! Virtual autism is a thing and it CAN be reversed! They enjoy going out a few hours every day to explore nature and we play, learn and communicate all day long now 🥰 I thank God for blessing me with healthy children and I realise now what I was doing wrong!
Very true
How did u stop or eliminated the screen time kids react and cry alot when i do it with my son
Just do it. Crying doesn’t last long. But you also have to sacrifice your screen time.
I am getting the result in the first day of the screen removal. He started playing with me like before.
Can I know in how much time after reduce screen time your younger on response to name please. My statuation is same like you
This is really happening to kids especially during pandemic. Let's spread the words to avoid this "autism like" problem.
Unfortunately, nobody wants to talk about it 😭I'm so tired of seeing what has been done to our children in this age.
It scares me that people need to be told this. What scares me more is seeing babies with phone everywhere.
Our health visitor was suspecting autism for our son at the 2 year health check but later ruled it out. I relied too much on screen time when I was working at home while he was 1 and decided to take a year off work while he was 2 so we could get out more and he is now at nursery part time as a 3 year old. He is improving but still behind his peers
I really appreciate your videos and your delivery. I feel like I haven't found any information that hits the nail on the head as easily as you do, and I don't feel like I'm just rewatching the same recycled facts that other videos have when I've been trying to research this stuff. Thank you! Its super informative, genuine, helpful and blunt info I really appreciate you. I've binge watched a few of your videos this morning, thanks so much.
appreciate this message Tazzsh
This happened to my 22 month old gorgeous little boy, we had a tough period of 2 months where we gave our little one screen time. We've noticed this was happening and removed phones completely during the day. I stopped using my phone and leave it aside during the day to spend as much quality time as possible. (I'm a stay at home mummy). Our little one has improved SO much in even just a week or two! He's loving to look at picture books and find the correct picture I.e. lion if I say "I wonder where the lion is" and loves being rewarded with clapping, 'well done' and to repeat the word! We've limited tv time to 0-1 hour max together.
Unfortunately he is not forming full words yet but he's trying so hard to imitate similar sounds to whichever words he remembers. He shows high understanding of language, and he's starting to bable again and say mama, which he definitely stopped doing during that period of intense screen time.
you got this
Did you start ignoring his name as well?
Any updates how is your son doing now? Did you completely stop screen time, I am currently going through the same thing with my 20month old daughter, thanks.
@@afghan939 Actually a lot of things happened to us which affected the lives of myself and my son. So we have not stopped screen time but only use it as a last resort when I absolutely need to get things done. I noticed that putting cartoons on the TV is a little better since my little one would play with toys around the TV. The things that really worked in improving his speech so far have been one on one play time for a period of time without distractions in the day, where i discuss his favorite toys as he plays with them, desvribing the colour etc. And outdoor playtime! My little one is due to start nursery soon for two days a week, so I can also update as things move along! My little one shows super comprehensive understanding of language and has multiple languages in the home at the same time though. So it's all my personal experience. If you have the availability, then another thing that worked for us was plenty of outdoor pram rides! Picking out cars and trucks on the road and naming their colours etc. Wonderful exercise too!
This is so important! Children are getting diagnosed with autism and no one is really addressing screen time on a very young developing mind. This is what appeared to happen to my grand child. There needs to be warnings about this. I thought it was helping our child learn and did not realize it was harming his ability to speak. I gave him videos as I was helping his father with stage 4 cancer. I was trying to take care of both of them by myself and it was overwhelming. Thank you for exposing this danger. Our grand child is so much better without the addiction of the screen effecting his speech development. He was seen by a child psychologist but not diagnosed with autism thank God. Buts screen time did cause speech delay and especially if there is a genetic susceptibility to these delays. My son is in Heaven now so I take care of my grandchild. He is getting speech therapy and ABA. Which has helped me know what to do to turn this around. It is encouraging knowing that speech delay and some autism like symptoms do reverse in time. Nature and face to face interaction is good for young children.
So sorry for your loss! God bless you
I’m so sorry for your loss and happy to hear your grandson improving- do you mind me asking what state you live in? I can’t get my child in ABA without her being diagnosed with Autism but I know she will benefit from it since she has autism like symptoms
you are an absolute blessing to your grandchildren, so sorry for your loss.
So sorry about your son may his soul rest in peace.
@@heartz500 we are in California and you can get ABA until they turn 3 years old without a diagnosis in CA if your Pediatritian will write a letter saying that your child will benefit from the ABA.
But all ABA Therapist are not the same we had to remove 2 because they were just playing with him and there was not goal oriented assessment and training to help him. Also they did not document his progress or achievements so they can keep treating him and getting state funding for their services so after you get it remember you can be kind but request different therapist if you are not comfortable and there are different organizations so check their reviews prior to selecting an ABA group.
My son had cancer last year. He had to have a screen day and day out for over a year. I was devastated but we had no choice when he was strapped to a bed having treatment. We were surviving. I have so much guilt. He is def showing language delays. We have now carried out a digital detox and we are working really hard to get him caught up with his peers. This is real.
So many parents are in such a hurry to teach their children numbers and letters, so they have them watching shows that teach them that all the time. I like your suggestion to interact with them more, and have them watch shows with people interacting. I think Ms. Rachel does a good job of interacting with children on her shows.
Yes, you are right
I agree with your thoughts, but even after watching Mrs Rachel shows for long time, my daughter only speaks scripted like Mrs Rachel so I am trying to reduce or eliminate screen time for few months. Trying to engage more , let's hope for the best
@@NowrinHassan , that's a very good idea. I only let the toddlers I take care of watch TV for 15 minutes after lunch and 15 minutes after snack so they can have some downtime while I clean the table & floor where they ate. I sit and eat with them and interact with them. I also sit down on the floor with them to play and teach them things. We go for a walk to the playground every day so they can interact with other children and other grown ups. I try to have a balanced day that includes interactive play and independent play. 💙
My nephew is 3 going on 4 and he's a pandemic baby and has had an ipad since he was about 3 y/o. We started to notice he was overstimulated while watching youtube videos, he would flip and flop around and watch many letters, number and shapes but wasn't communicating with us. He would watch videos in russian, heberew and other languages and even started speaking russian. I then changed his youtube account to kids only, which my sister should have done a long time ago but we didn't see much improvement. Wasn't until my mom decided to take the ipad away for good, he hasn't had it in about a month and WOW it was like night and day. He's playing with his toys, he uses the potty, he is starting to initiate conversation and is a much calmer kid. I think virtual autism is real and I don't doubt that they will deny this diagnosis for a long time because the tech companies want these kids to use these devices, watch ads and get their parents to spend more money. Wishing our next generations so much growth and joy!
Thanks so much for the information. Every parent needs to watch this
Our pleasure!
Thanks for spreading the word🙏👍
I think this happened to my son. He is now at daycare and much improved. Much much. Thank you for this
Reading your comment made me feel better because my son is the same way. He’ll be starting preschool soon so I hope to see him improve because he’s definitely smart.
you got this - sending you a virtual hug
@@AgentsofSpeech thank you🌼
What kind of symptoms your son had
Hi what's the age of your son ?
Thank you so much for this video. This is what I'm experiencing right now with my son. It brings light to our situation as parents. Again, Thank you so much.
Can you please tell what kind of problems you are facing.
How is ur son now?
I have tried your tips for a week for my three year old son and I can see a good improvement. Your advice is sound and realistic. If I was in your country I would definitely see you as my son's therapist
Appreciate it, we teach parents over the internet only though!
@@AgentsofSpeechhey my son is 3 may 24th passed I think he has virtual autism he says words 1-20 a-z all colors animals months of the year days of the week etc, he will demand you to do something to through gestures but wont speak in sentences
What exactly did you try?
@@shadoww876iixxx52:21
This sounds just like my son Around 2.3 years we went to visit my mum in africa. (Were rrom the uk) we lived in a rural town . The wifi signal was always poor so my son couldnt watch is youtube videos. We was there for 6 weeks . He immediately statted communicating and imitating . Started repsonding to his name , started to give eye contact. There was also many family members in the house so he was constantly interacting with someone. I reallt thought we was going to improve until we came back to the uk and he regressed and stopped communicating . I keep thinking whay was different then vs now but this video is helping me relaise it was no / little screen time plus more interaction . Ive reduced screen tome to 30 mins a day. Its only been a few days but one thing ive noticed is that he is starting to notice and directly laugh towards his baby sister .
Hes starting speech therapy and ive also done your online course and he will be starting nursery soon. Plus will be travelling to africa for 3 months soon. Hoping this will make an improvement as health care professionals are trying to have him diagnosed but im going to wait for an improvement atleats for a year
Thank you so much for the information you have shared
My daughter,before 2.5, she was perfectly alright.. used to speak a few words and was a happy kid.. covid time changed our life.. she started to watch lots of tv.. because of covid situation, we never took her out to play with other kids.. we were so scared if she got covid.. coming to the current situation, we enrolled her in a daycare 3 months back.. but she is not interested in playing with any kids.. she likes to be around her caretakers.. she speaks very minimum words.. doesn't follow any commands .. if I call her name, she won't respond .. but if I call her name along with her favorite food name,then she looks and comes towards us... poor eye contact also.. we stopped her screen time to zero around 3 months back (same time she joined playschool).. she totally adjusted with it.. but she is in her own world without following any commands or not using language for her needs.. she never asks any questions like what or why? May be she doesn't know it at all.. we are starting her speech therapy.. waiting for the admission.
I was so worried and did her analysis.. and the result is saying mild autism.. I'm planning to resign my IT job and focus only on my daughter..somewhere my mind is saying she may have virtual autism.. because she can remember lots of images from her books and answer me, though..
Could you please let me know. What do you think.. is it virtual or classic..
I'm really sorry for such a lengthy message.. I hope you can understand my situation.. Thank you so much for every single piece of advice..
Hi
You are the best. I have learned so much from you and only been watching you for 2days. Thankyou definitely buying your course. Can't get my son into speech class due to long lost. So I'm gonna practice with him at home while he waits.
Awesome, thank you!
Some children with autism have only one toy, a tablet to watch shows. It becomes a babysitter but the child is not learning anything, especially on how to play with other toys.
Thank you for clarify the problem, which my son is facing nowadays. It is very helpful for parents to find out what is going on with their kids. Thank you for sharing this! Thanks 😊
Glad it was helpful!
@Ignace Alli where i get this?cost?how long it take to cure?
@Ignace Alli 3years
@@shez4152 how is your child now
The pandemic really effected a lot of kids, my son had just turned 3 when it all started. I was working from home and trying to take care of him at the same time everything was shut down we couldn’t interact with people especially kids so I feel it caused a lot delays. Now he is 5 and was diagnosed with Autism.
I'm so sorry to hear this, how are you guys coping now? Any therapy available?
Very good explanation 👍
Thank you 🙂
Thank you for this! I have a question though. I do two hours screen time thrice a week and I sing and play with my son, to the point he mimicks what I say or do. He's learned gestures and if he wants something he does alot of non verbal communication when he wants something, does this count as progress towards talking? He just turned two
I sure do think so!
I’m wondering if something similar could be happening to our teenagers that are on their phones for prolonged periods of time during the day.
During the pandemic my son was on the iPad all day it affected his speech so much now he’s taking speech therapy and with no screen time he has improved so much
May I ask how much time your kid took to learn words through therapy? You gv daily therapy or weekly? Did ur child respond to the name or commands before going to therapy? And any changes after the therapy? Sorry for lots of questions.. I'm going through the same phase with lots of tension. Thanking in advance.
@@purple3111how is your little doing now?
@@chandra0107
stopped screen time.. no screen at all.. eye contact back to normal.. following all the commands. Pointing perfectly.
A few months back, we added her into speech therapy also... but all the above points we achieved before therapy. Regarding speech, she is learning words and applying in real life, stopped gestures.. still not talking like her peer group.. for that sentences are required.. kid is learning two words now.
Hope this helps you.. keep supporting them without screentime and talking a lot, lots with little one will help a lot.. hope this will help you. All the very best.
@@chandra0107
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@@chandra0107
stopped screen time.. no screen at all.. eye contact back to normal.. following all the commands. Pointing perfectly.
A few months back, we added her into speech therapy also... but all the above points we achieved before therapy. Regarding speech, she is learning words and applying in real life, stopped gestures.. still not talking like her peer group.. for that sentences are required.. kid is learning two words now.
Hope this helps you.. keep supporting them without screentime and talking a lot, lots with little one will help a lot.. hope this will help you. All the very best.
Thanks this is very clear. Thank you so much
@Ignace Alli what was it????
I felt like it happen to my son. And im guilty that i let him watch too much since he was 6 mos old. But now have totally remove screen times. Cause i can see he is very able to talk, good eye contact and can now answer questions but exhibiting some autistic behavior.i believe this can be corrected. With theraphy, constant communication with him.
Very true. My kid is in the same phase n we are trying to bring her out. Thanks a lot and its an informative video
Glad it was helpful!
What were her symptoms? Did she ignore eye contact also?
Thank you very much for this video. It makes so much sense. Guilty of this.
you can do this!
Hey, I have a question. I didn’t have electronic between ages 0-4, and actually didn’t know what they were. The most a I used was an old computer and tv(this was around the time of educational shows), but I had screen time from an old computer, but they managed it. I was just diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. I also have bad motor skills from a young age and had a routine everyday that my mind has created for myself(it was very specific). My mother even said she only saw changes when I started to go to school, and I was very pleasant and understanding in the home before school and electronics. Is the routine and bad motor skills an sign of definite autism. My mom set me up for dance classes, but I still struggled there.(shuffle ball change was my enemy)
Yep some people on the spectrum do have motoric problems
Sir thank you for this info..I'm about to breakdown seeing my son tip toeing now I know we expose him a lot on watching tv ..God bless you sir..
Have you seen any improvements?
I have autism and addiction to electronics since I was a child I was also depressed since childhood
And thank you so much
what is the difference between classes autism and virtual autism please,thank you for giving and sharing knowledge that can't help many people.
The difference isn't the question you want to ask. Do not go down a rabbit hole, no one can answer this question specifically for your child. Start teaching your child right away!
My son is 6 year old but he does not speak clearly what I do plz guide me .we r doing his speech therapy also
Thanks you so much for this video becaus that's what I'm dealing with right now. My son knows everything but would not communicate with us. I was working at home during covid lock down and my son was watching the tv and on the phone 8 hrs a day every day 😑 . I feel like a terrible parent right now 😞
Don't feel like that..we do what makes the child happy and !reps them quiet😉
How is ur son now?
@Alexander Mike thanks alot for this update.. it gives other parents hope :-)
@@audreymo63 disgraceful mindset. you do what is best for the child’s development.
now i look into it .. i think my 3 and 1/2 yr old son got virtual autism not high functioning autism .. he scored 89 (90-100 is normal)and for social skills at a 29 (31 and up normal) .. when we went to early development child center .. the speech pathologist said his scores are right at boarder line .. but i didnt tell them about him watching tv for 4 to 7 hours a day.. if i tried to stop tv he will hav meltdowns..crying for hours..thats very hard on me thats y i failed in stopping his tv time.he knows his numbers/fruits/ alphabets/can read has eye contact response to his name ..no rituals.. play with his younger brother etc.. except one thing mainly speech delay .. they said he got high functioning autism because of echolilia.. i did read that echolilia after 3 means autism.. but with him i was wondering his echolila might be because i work night my hus work days he sees one person at a time in past 2 years.. and less talking.. literally i quit my full time and he hearing a legit conversation is when he become a 3 year old.. so i wonder if his echolilia is normal.. and when in group he dont really know what to do ..i assume that has to do with him in home from 1 and half years to 3 and half years sitting at home due to covid not seeing nobody .. no peers in the 2 year period..
whatever it is, decrease screen time, play with him more and seek for therapy. if you see improvement, keep doing it!
Wow exact same situation here with my 3 years old!! Covid baby, lots of screen time, names everything, respond to name, not hypersensitive, can read but does have a lot of echolalia... it did improved when he started kindergarten since he couldn't watch any tv. He really tries his hardest to make his own sentences since, but still struggles a lot to find his own word.
How is ur son now? I hope he is doing much better,did they diagnose him again?
May daughter was same at age 3 years . I stopped working and my husband and I worked together spending more time with her , stopped all tv for 6 months and she became later on a scientist . But now she has a 2.4 year old son who is having same problem . She went to work and son in law put on tv , cartoons and now spends most of the time on tablet and my daughter is devastated . My son in law is addicted to mobile phone and he watches all cartoons - what a disaster 🤦🏻
Please help me doctor am so frustrated!? My daughter is 21 month old and shes been addicted to screen since she is 6 month old she usually have the appetite of eating while she is watch cartoons
She mostly like to play alone and have lack of communication and don't give attention to us...
Hello sir in ur experience virtual autism is completely curable or just treatable??
What should be done if child doesn’t opens his mouth to eat if there is no screen. He associated food with screen. No screen no food, I am having hard time keeping him starve all day long crying but no sign of improvement. He stopped eating, crying all day long.
I switched from mobile to tv as I want to take out his addiction of mobile but how to stop screen I am still searching.
Anyone can help !!!
Hi. Thank you for such an informative video. My daughter is 2.5 and she had speech delay and started talking around 22 month. She used to watch TV from 6 month to till 1 month ago, she can say everything from the tv shows, she knows what's coming next, she can connect with real things to tv shows but the problem is she doesn't communicate to us or make requests. Sometimes says water, or if she wants to go out she gives me her jacket to dress her up. But if I ask her from a book where is this n that she can point so well, she knows all shapes, colors, alphabet, number. She is great at pretend play. I started to limit screen time. Let's see how it works. Do you any recommendations for our situation? Please advise. 😮
She also doesn't respond to her name, and limited eye contact
@@NowrinHassan how is she now??? Plz let me knw as we r in same situation
@@NowrinHassan did you get her evaluated
How is she now❤
Its exactly happened to my years old son. He know so many vocabulary but can talk in full simple sentences. Psychologist said he has very light autistic syndrome. Will start therapy in 2 days for behaviour theraphy and occupation therapy than in 3 monts will start speech delay theraphy.
@@nurlenputriana16his age? And other symptoms?
My 5 year old son.. have a screen time 4-5hrs a day since he was 1 year old.. he can inderstand command and aBC and numbers.. but hard in communicating..
Fantastic video doc 👌now I'm relax a bit
Good to hear!
Mee too
Hello my name is basira my son is 7 years old Autism he is not talking he now say Mama Papa baby enough Can you help me please 😢😢
Someone please please reply.
My daughter,before 2.5, she was perfectly alright.. used to speak a few words and was a happy kid.. covid time changed our life.. she started to watch lots of tv.. because of covid situation, we never took her out to play with other kids.. we were so scared if she got covid.. coming to the current situation, we enrolled her in a daycare 3 months back.. but she is not interested in playing with any kids.. she likes to be around her caretakers.. she speaks very minimum words.. doesn't follow any commands .. if I call her name, she won't respond .. but if I call her name along with her favorite food name,then she looks and comes towards us... poor eye contact also.. we stopped her screen time to zero around 3 months back (same time she joined playschool).. she totally adjusted with it.. but she is in her own world without following any commands or not using language for her needs.. she never asks any questions like what or why? May be she doesn't know it at all.. we are starting her speech therapy.. waiting for the admission.
I was so worried and did her analysis.. and the result is saying mild autism.. I'm planning to resign my IT job and focus only on my daughter..somewhere my mind is saying she may have virtual autism.. because she can remember lots of images from her books and answer me, though..
Could you please let me know. What do you think.. is it virtual or classic..
I'm really sorry for such a lengthy message.. I hope you can understand my situation.. Thank you so much for every single piece of advice..
we've got free courses and you can watch them at: www.skool.com/agents-of-speech
you can discuss with other parents inside the community
I wonder if this is what happened to my son. 3yo he can sing everything knows colors, shapes, can read simple words, counts to 100. even knows the alphabet backwards but he struggles to communicate wants and needs verbally. His speech started to decline during lockdown And I noticed after two he just wasn’t progressing. We’ve been in speech therapy for the last year but this is first time I have heard this mentioned but it makes so much sense! Thank you for this information!!
You're welcome
@quijamesata1077, may I ask, did he start speaking? Are you seeing improvements? I'm also going through the same phase.
This was very positive
my son is 3 yo and like you mentioned in this video, can sing songs and label names of fruits and veggies but not communicate his needs using words. He relies on non-verbal cues to interact with us. He started school and there is now a lot of pressure to interact socially so he is struggling. I have tried removing screen time, but there is a huge meltdown following that. He also shows less interest in toys and imaginative play. I would love if you can provide strategies to help parents eliminate this toxic relationship with screen.
That's a good idea
How is your son doing now
@SADIQ IBRAHIM🇬🇧 is he talking now?
In my case with 4 yo son. I stop the screen time at all and play such game to increase his focus. Such us to put macaroni or beans into a used soda botle with litle hole in the lock
My daughter who is 3 I’m finally having her meet with a doctor/speech therapist to figure out what’s going on if it’s Autism or not. But my mija was raised during the pandemic where we did utilize alot of screen time to entertain the kiddos . Will give you guys updates !
tell us here =D
Same pandemic baby
Same here
waiting for updates
Yup same, I had my baby in the middle of the pandemic as well.
ok my 2 years toddler watch so much sesame street at tv...but yes he has use sometimes cellphone but not so much... he doesn't speak and he doesn't react if you call or talk to him....he almost doesn't make eye contact... he looks like a regular toddler but i see that signs now and he doesn't point, he take you to reach what he wants but he never point to anything... my heart is broken... im deeply sad...(i'm sorry if my english is not perfect i speak spanish)
I'm so sorry to hear this
Hello Huss.. How is your child now? Do you see any improvement?
@@AgentsofSpeech how do we define if it is actually autism, or virtual autism in this case for example, screen time stops eye contact? Cause stimming? please inform us more on this if you could?
@@aydinkilic6613 get an assessment!
How's your baby now
Interesting...
Can virtual artistic kid show spinning and toe walking plz reply
I like to add some comment here.. some scientist made some study that geograhically some parts of certain countries are proned to high autism case than another. research shows that those areas with higher rainfall or bad weather has higher cases of autism..and why ? pretty simple answer.. this children will spend more time indoor watching their electronic devices rather than going outside and learning nature or have correct child-adult interaction time away from their gadget. so to speak.. I totally agree 100% that virtual autism does exist. the only way out is to electronic fasting for the child e.g. > 40 days away from this gadget and you can see the vast improvement start showing. try it!
Boleh ceritain gimana kasusnya pak?
@Ignace Alli hi my son already on herbal remedy, homeopathic. Yes it’s showing good improvement. Better sit on behaviour and more eye contact. But screen time also play important part. Need to complete remove screen time.
I think my son is also having same problem...he is 4 years old now, before 4 months he is not at all respond to his nameand he had poor eye contact, later when we stop screening under the supervision of therapist he got good eye contact as well as he started to speak his needs, but the main thing is he is not at all interested to play with others and he is not interacting with person who he know..... How much time will it take to recover completely
I can't answer that question, how long is a piece of string? It really depends... The good thing is, he's improving, all you need to do is expand his interests and the rest will take care of itself.
How is ur son doing now?
Any diagnosis?
@@ebtisamlutfi2955 he is improving day by day still we are giving therapy. Now he knows how to communicate with others but there are some hyper active problems in his behaviour...and when we consult a therapist they told that it will be recovered within a couple of months
Hi, is he playing with other kids now?? Is he understanding when u say something to him?
Hi is he playing with other kids now?? Is he understanding when u say something to him?
I m facing same problem sir.. My baby s age 1.5 months...he undr screen since his 6 month.. no eye contact..no name response, tiptoes walk, speech dealay , spinning circles and hyperactive... i know he watched to much of mobile...before one week I know about the virtual autism.. then I stop zero screen time .. within week now can see some different of his behavior.. he see the environment like 1st time..little bit of eye contact ..he start to talk somthing..and play with toys.. whn I sing ryms infront of him ... eye contact with me and laughing.. but I m confused is this virtual autism or classic autism? Nd is this curable? Rply me pls?
I have no idea how to answer your question. You can stop the screen time and see how it goes.
Ya I stopped zero time screen from last 4 weeks.. I can see some different of his behavior little bit of eye contact,smile,tiptoes walk s reduces, if I call him 10 times he responds 2 times ...virtual autism is curable?
@@AgentsofSpeech and which therapy is suitable for his age pls rply me ?
He s normal until his 1st birthday... done all his milestones... after 1year he lost he skills like clapping . eye contact social smile
@@reena7856 get an assessment first
I think this is what is happening to my son. He's 4 but has just a few words and wouldn't interact with his friends. But before 2, he was repeating everything but now it's very difficult. Thanks a lot, I'm gonna work on it.
you got this
How is your son doing now?
@Ignace Alli how do we get this doctor?
Ab kaisa h baby
Can we contact with you?
My son started screen time at 3months . I used screen to keep him busy when I want to do any shores. We just discovered he has autism 5 months ago. He can operate TH-cam on phone but has speech delay. He blabs slot. Thanks for this video. I will work on it.
you got it!
What’s his age now
How is u baby now??
Update plzzzzz
How is your baby now?
I have commented when my son was 15 months old about his speaking, that time you replied he is just 15 months so relax but now he is 27 months old and still I am facing same issues he doesn't speak at all even not a single word or babble, i am so worried ,waiting for the next pediatric session, he doesn't come when other person calling his name,he does repetitive motions, I have no idea its autism or speech delay? His sleep is fine but he wants me to feed him, he never wants food or water to me,, i am so worried please please guide me
You can go here and watch the videos first www.skool.com/agents-of-speech/
@AgentsofSpeech I have joined and waiting for the membership. Thanks ming
Hi. Is virtual autism is completely curable?
at this point, we have no idea if this is a real thing or if it's curable or not. The only way is to reduce risk by reducing screen time.
Hi there , my 9 year old son has autism and struggle with this issue but I also have a 4 year old and 2 year old sons. They like watching children movies but they have delevelopmental delays. I spend time with my children all the time and talk and read to them but they have speech delay and even though my 9 year old has autism he can speak but he is having issues with being knowing when to go to the bathroom even though he knows how the process works just keep peeing in his pull ups. Pee very little in the toilet with no bladder problems. I am working on my other 2 boys but it has been rough. Do you have any advice for me . I would greatly appreciate it . thank you and have a great day
Linda, how much can your 2 boys speak?
@@AgentsofSpeech My 2 year old say yeah and mainly babbles a lot. My 4 year says mom and mama and no but tries so hard to talk .... He gets frustrated but I am not giving up hope... Praying mom 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
@@moneylinda my advice is to go through our micro-course first! agentsofspeech.com/micro
Is virtual autism 100% cureable?
Can they be like normal babies?
My daughter is 2 yrs 11 month old who was on screentime from the age 7 month.now no eye contact,no name response,no socialization,language delay but all the day talking abcd,rhymes 123 no real life talkimg. is this virtual autism?
We started speech & occupational therapy.but she doesn’t interact with them and us.act like she doesn’t hear.
sorry to hear that, if you watched the video, it's not about "curing'. it's about trying different things and to see if it creates a positive impact on your child or not.
Actually i just want to know if it creates positive impact can they b normal babies?
Is there any chance of brain development or its stopped!
@@farzanaahmedpoly569 hi there, go search for durable human on TH-cam and you will find more information on this topic. Hope it will help.
My son is 2.2 yr, I am doing WFH job and handling him alone from 8month of his age till now. Past few months he started doing repeated actions like jumping in sofa, saying repeated words from rhymes/ TH-cam kids videos ( like wow, oh no, where are you, weee, ABC till Z and 1-10) , he is not looking at eyes and he is always concentrated on objects and not people. Out of 10 name calls once he responds.
Few days ago we started giving OT and totally stopped screen time...
Please let me know if my son can be reversed of this condition...
How is your child now
Any updates how is your child now
He is better, responds to name calls, says rhymes, few words, responds for a request (eg. Bring that blue bottle, he brings) he understands these small requests. Says more than 25 words...
Hi veerendra, does he plays with other kids??
@@balu9618 yes but mostly he grabs toys from other kids, sometimes hugs or hold hands
these symptoms will never go away, trust me
Why you say that?
@@nicolegrant2530 i try to get rid of them, still no succes yet, no medication exist
@@nicolegrant2530 i was forced to watch TV as a baby, developed autism with time, i look for a REAL cure
The sculpture is named "Virtual autism"
Hello bro,have you been accused in school of being weird because of the BS virtual austim?
@@Yujiro945 just look at baby's who get a tantrum when the ipad is taken away
This is happening to my son. He started watching tv when he was 2 months and he is 23 months now. He shows all the symptoms of autism. I have now got to know that is the screen time. Pls what should I do because am worried.
Watch our videos and try our techniques
@@AgentsofSpeech Ok
Thanks
Have you had him evaluated yet?
Any updates how is he doing now? Currently going through the same thing with my 20month old daughter.
How is he now?
If it’s virtual autism or it’s bz of increased screen time a child is not talking by the age of three you think he will be ok with speech therapy. Waiting for your kind response thank you
virtual autism isn't a real term, of course it's the latter. We talked about that in the video! and yes, speech therapy will help
Sounds like my brother. I'm trying to rhink of exercises to help him talk, if tou guys have any ideas please let me know.
I bet you will see the results on the very first day of withdrawal.
I cannot find any research on the subject. What is your research and can you post to things that are not highly suspect?
did you watch the video at all? the research mentioned is in the description box........
@@AgentsofSpeech I did and I did my own scholarly research and other than blog posts and this 1 Indian Doctor I cannot find any real scholarly research into it
@@kariheinrichs1559 as said in the video, virtual autism is not a real term. it was a video response to all those trying to make it a thing. Children don't get autism from watching videos, they're born with it.
If all a parent can give their child is 5 to10 minutes of interaction a day, that parent really needs to reconsider their priorities. 8:32
Damn I done messed up with my 2 1/2 yr old. 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️dr thought he has speech delay almost non verbal. I’m getting him assessed this week. He’s so addicted to my phone and tablets, uses them better than me.
My 2 year 4 months old child can't frame the words into sentences but he can type p on Google search and select Penguin to see Penguin pictures. He can stop, change and replay the videos but he can't say more than 'food' 'milk' 'water' and 'potty'. If he has a mosquito bite he'd take hand and keep it on it. Makes eye contact only when he initiates it. Wouldn't listen at all. Would name the objects he knows but to himself. That's what virtual autism looks like.
Hows your son?did your son cover his ears too what did you do my son also not responding to his name
Thank you 😊 💓
You're welcome 😊
This may sound like a weird question but what are it would be autism like symptoms?
Not talking as much and short attention span , etc
search up autism symptoms on google!
@@AgentsofSpeech I did.. thanks
my 2 year daughter no response to name and eye contact she use to all day on youtube cartoon ,when she born she give gud eye contact how can i help her,i close her screen time totaly
Watch our other videos
@@mohitsekhawat634 means
@@jannatpari-bn2bz how's your daughter now?
@@mohitsekhawat634 wesi hi
Rhymes or poems pe bhi eye contact nhi karti or name respond kabhi kabhi to karti hogi
It happening to my kids and I have stop screen tym for them
So how your kids now?
We can't deny the fact that screens are, and will continue to be, part of human life. Therefore, I believe that it's important for the new generations to become skilled at using 'em. I don't think that it's the screens themselves that are harmful, but allowing a kid to engage in a certain activity that doesn't involve social interaction without boundaries is the problem. A kid could just as well get these "virtual autism" symptoms from playing with Legos indoors too much or from spending all of their time painting in their room. Parents blame technology for something they themselves are responsible for and have full control over... It would be like letting my dog play with 1 specific toy all the time for a period of time and then find out that he can't function anymore without it, and then blame the toy itself for it instead of myself...
My child is 4 and I just started to treat her…zero screens. I see big improvements and it’s only been 9 days..
Sir, can this.. I don’t want to say fix but will she be okay man? I’m desperate
If it's improving, keep doing it
@@AgentsofSpeech it’s immediately improving. I can put her to bed with a routine now and her focus has changed drastically.
She spends more time in the present or our world then the her little world she seemed stuck in.
I tried to bring virtual autism up months ago to her doctors and therapists and they dismissed it and told me it’s not a thing so I gave up hope.
Clinically she presents exactly as you said. And her history is the same as well. Lots of screen time as a child in the pandemic. We were isolated and I was sick for a long time with workplace ptsd. (Ems)
I blame myself for not being there for her man. I’m going to do everything I can now that I’m able to.
I just didn’t know this could happen, I feel terrible.
Sorry for the long response.
Bless you for speaking about it. I am getting blasted from everyone for thinking I can help her Autism.
Thank you.
@@user-bk2iz4yt7j this is great news, it's hard not to blame yourself - but hey, it's springing you into action now right? So lean into it!
@@AgentsofSpeech yeah I honestly thought the videos of shapes and colors would be beneficial to watch 🤦♂️
My previous behaviour was in ignorance so now that I know not only is it addicting but the addiction causes a syndrome to develop I definitely changed my ways.
Been 14 days of no screen time and the difference is incredible.
It’s far easier to parent with zero screens.
I think my kids didn’t even want to play with me because I wasn’t as interesting as the screens they have access to.
Everything about their behaviour (both my kids) makes much more sense now.
Is virtual autism fully reversible? Not looking for a specific case just in general, if I keep pushing for 4-6months I’m really hopeful she will be fully verbal before school.
She is asking to use the potty and using it unprompted. It’s amazing to watch..
Thank you again ❤️
Look into “the durable human” they talk about virtual autism and tips how to help your child improve now that there are no screens.
Can echolalia be a part of virtual autism? My 2,6 boy has echolalia we turned all kind of electronic devices 4 weeks ago and followed the advices of a speach therapist for reduces echolalia. He uses his own sentences now but still has echolalia. He shows a rapid development. Can it be virtual autism?
Virtual autism isn't a real term yet. But echolalia is something speech delayed children would do
@@AgentsofSpeech thanks for response. İs it dissapear completely?
We don't know about that
Does echolalia disappear?
@@ebtisamlutfi2955 not completely
Is language regression due to screen possible.
Please help my child language regress after watching TH-cam more than 7 hrs a day. He is 3 year old.
His language developed normal from birth to 2.5 year.
Dr. Say language regression not possible due to screen.
But he doesn't have other signs of autism only language regression
well, limit screen time then to see if that's the thing affecting him
@@AgentsofSpeech
We didn't give him any screen from last 3 months. Eye contact come back.speech come back.
But language not there.he speak some meaning less word.
He understands command when there is something for his interest
@@aroramohit81 you need to start off with gestures for the meaning. You can take a look at our courses on www.agentsofspeech.com
@@aroramohit81 hopefully 🙏
How is your son now ?
How about a 3 year old being exposed to occasional screen time with educational content for toddlers (e.g. Ms. Rachel) is that okay?
My 4 yrs old cannot speak but he can sing, count, he plays outside with other kids , plays with his bike, plays with his cars. I gave him alot of screen time but know I have stopped after was told by a doctor that he has moderate austism. Am Soo depressed.
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I'm in the same situation... he's almost 5yo but i haven't taken him to a doctor for a diagnosis. I'm quite sure he will get the "high functioning autism" label. He's had his own cellphone since he was 18 months old tho, now I hate myself for this.
Will start keeping cellphone away from him now 😩 n prepare for the tantrums
Can my 18 month old recover from it ?
I have no idea, cut screen time, add play time.
@@AgentsofSpeech did anybody recover in your knowledge?
@@mukhabbatosman8937 That is not the correct question, I'm so sorry to say this to you. Focus on what you can do, not if your child will "recover". How can you recover from something if the child was never "sick".
What are symptoms and how's your baby now
I asked my son’s speech therapist, and she said “virtual autism “ is not an official diagnosis…. It’s probably because the kid is autistic so that he is more likely to be addicted to screens….
Exactly what we're saying in the video
But what if you only felt the change after the screen time which is almost for 5 to 6 hours.. before that the baby was completely fine.
Virtual autism puri tarah se thik ho skta hai ya nhi?
Ho skta hain but time lgega minimum 6 months
Please tell us how to cure this Gayathiri...
@@gayatrikumari3345will there be sensory issues in virtual autism?
Never introduce gadgets and videogames to children at a young age
Autism adhd is a genetic. Adhd is genetic too. As a parent with adhd.. in the early life maybe it doesn't show any simptom..
But with uncontrolled screen time, you will see the simptom is growing.. 🥲
When 1 y.o the kids show a developmental regression, the first thing first is remove all screen. Then find another reason why the kids have the regression