Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi. I work with an adult who has aspergers, as his support worker at HE college. We get along very well and i have worked with other ASD students in the past, but i've never known the amount of eye contact he gives me, in any of my past students. He really looks deep into my eyes when he is talking to me and never breaks it when i talk back to him. He also frequently looks at my mouth and then back up to my eyes when im talking back to him. He totally zoned in on my mouth the other day amd parted his lips whilst doing so. If i didn't know any better....well, you know where i'm going with my thoughts on this. I know ive gone into facial cues / body language descriptions in detsil, but i do need some answers re this. We are both adults, but does all this mean he has a crush on me? Id like some answers if anyone has any.
Thanks
i always did that locked-eyes thing, it's one of the thousands of reasons why i was surprised to be diagnosed with autism, but i've heard it's common. If you had difficulty reading facial expressions, you would have to stare a lot to take it in. As for the sexuality thing, maybe personal space and touching would have to be the guide... People always thought i fancied them, only when i finally realised i was so short sighted did i find out my seeing distance was their uncomfortable invasion of personal space distance.