{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6361","number":"6361","name":"Alex Andreasen","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-28T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-21T04:00Z","body":"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.\n\nhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5849631/#bib4\n\n\"Early electronic screen exposure and autistic-like symptoms\"\n\n\"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.\"","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6361","tags":["child-development","health-experiences"],"source_hash":"0b1b04b14c6cf4226b84f2db17499c29cb399f965f364fcfe2071addf342351c","slug":"child-development-comment-6361","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-6361","body_sha256":"693295b515eebf2c9f0185936ece7af12551d9627405e1750b325b3e9789ea45","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"children","topics":[{"id":"children","evidence":"utistic-like symptoms\"\n\n\"Results showed that children who spent viewing ≤ 3 hours per day had language delay and short"},{"id":"neurological","evidence":"ing ≤ 3 hours per day had language delay and short attention span, while children who spent viewing ≥ 3 hours per day had language"},{"id":"research","evidence":"creen exposure and autistic-like symptoms\"\n\n\"Results showed that children who spent viewing ≤ 3 hours per day had language d"}],"summary":"The commenter discusses children's screen exposure, parent-child interaction and reported language and attention effects, while questioning an autism characterization.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-28T23:54:32Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"3c9ee40d7521d15211f6fbf8d4e0b0ae7891ab668decc32aa56e35fbeafe974d","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["children","neurological","research"],"primary_topic":"children","forum_title":"The commenter discusses children's screen exposure, parent-child interaction and reported language and at…"}