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Eye contact

Ava

I was told off for not giving eye contact about 16years ago and I give long constant eye mainly now.

i feel because I give constant eye contact that others who are autistic may not and that this means I’m not autistic.

but I am autistic.

im confused about what others think and I mean yourselves who will know if this is unusual?

Do you give constant eye contact?

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  • The autism diagnostic manuals say something along the lines of 'abnormalities in eye contact'. This does not just mean avoidance of eye contact, it includes overlong eye contact and what I do, which is to time eye contact so that neurotypicals find it comfortable to converse with me.

    Having said this, even abnormal eye contact is not a yes/no criterion for autism diagnosis. Anyone, clinician or otherwise, saying that making eye contact rules out autism are wildly mistaken (talking out of their arses).

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  • The autism diagnostic manuals say something along the lines of 'abnormalities in eye contact'. This does not just mean avoidance of eye contact, it includes overlong eye contact and what I do, which is to time eye contact so that neurotypicals find it comfortable to converse with me.

    Having said this, even abnormal eye contact is not a yes/no criterion for autism diagnosis. Anyone, clinician or otherwise, saying that making eye contact rules out autism are wildly mistaken (talking out of their arses).

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