Virtual Autism-A Coming-of-Age Phenomenon

By : Akanksha Gupta, Mohammed Ali Gabhrani, Jayesh Ghodke, Ashok Kumar Patel

Page No: 51-59

Abstract
The current study aimed to examine the present literature and present a comprehensive literature review and consolidate the findings on Virtual Autism. The findings of the study have strong implications for the factors of Intensive Early Screen Exposure, Inexperience and Deprivation of Social and Sensori-motor development, Increased susceptibility due to technological revolution and easy access to data. Contemporary research implicated screen time < 3.34 hr/day was positively associated with symptoms of autism. Literature has also revealed how after a few months of screen removal and exposure to social interaction, the symptoms exhibited by these children gradually wane and they are re-evaluated as not suffering from autism anymore. Remedial measures were identified as increasing awareness about virtual autism, prevention intensive early screen exposure, facilitating early identification and social emotional learning to mitigate the symptoms.

Aurthors
Akanksha Gupta : Ph. D (Scholar), Clinical Psychologist Dept. of Psychiatry, H.B.T. Medical College & Dr. R. N. Cooper Municipal General Hospital, Juhu, Vile Parle West, Mumbai.
Mohammed Ali Gabhrani : Psychologist, Happy Minds, Mumbai.
Jayesh Ghodke :  M.B.B.S, MD (Psychiatry) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vedantaa Institute of Medical Sciences, Vedantaa Hospital and Research Centre, Dahanu, Palghar.
Ashok Kumar Patel : Assistant Professor Clinical Psychology, AIBAS, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior M.P.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2026.21.01.6