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 62. ______ some other
developed nations recently, which have come one of the most
63. ______ anguishing mystery of modern
medicine, and the source of much desperate speculation 64. ______ 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.
65. ______
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 66. ______ 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 67. ______ result of television watching
due to precipitation. There aren’t yet unreliable large-scale
data on the viewing habits of kids 68.
______ aging 1 to 3—the period when symptoms of autism are typically
identified, but 69. ______ 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
70. ______ children off this serious illness.
71. ______