Does gadget use in children cause autism? I'm trying to find out!

Hi guys! My name is Dhania Sorfina, a student pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy and I’m currently conducting a study entitled Association between Electronic Screen Exposure and Autistic-Like Symptoms among Typically Developing Toddlers.

I would like to invite parents with toddlers that fit the following criteria to complete a brief survey.

https://forms.gle/HJKjGnd3zN37PGN37

1. Toddler is aged between 16-30 months
2. Typically developing toddler (toddler not diagnosed or have any pending diagnostic observation with any form of developmental delay)
3. Toddler is exposed to or uses screen-based media (e.g. television, tablets, phone, gaming console)

You are allowed to fill in the survey for each child separately.

This study aims to identify the patterns of electronic screen exposure and its association with autistic-like symptoms among typically developing toddlers in Malaysia.

All information will be kept strictly confidential and purely for academic purpose and it shall not be given or distributed to any third party.

I really appreciate your support and cooperation.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

Before we get into some sort of a quarrel, the purpose of this study is open-ended. Its either to debunk the myth that gadget usage has an association with autism or vice versa. That is my research and it is what I am trying to find out. It is only undergrad level, so I can only do so through the means of a survey. Surely I didn't decide to work on this without proper consideration. I'll leave a link to one of the literature that I've found, among many others.

Early electronic screen exposure and autistic-like symptoms
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P...f/irdr-7-69.pdf