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.
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I am suddenly trying to learn as much as I can about autism and this has really shocked me! This sounds exhausting!! Does social interaction exhaust you because of the amount of concentration you must use to be able to comprehend the information and then form an appropriate response? Also, do you find you connect more to people's souls? How does physical touch relay information to you...like, is it easier for you to com municate through touch as opposed to words? Do you crave touch or is it true that many autistics do not like to be touched at all!!!?