This is a great video created by someone with Autism on why Autistic people do not look into peoples eyes. It shows that even though we may be looking at your shirt, or your mouth, or something behind you - we are still processing and comprehending what you are saying.
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EXCELLENT visual and verbal explanation!
I have to take my hat off. I have a 14yr boy who never gives eye contact or very little. It helps you understand. Absolutley amazing to see this. Thank you for sharing this video.
It also has something to do with the fact that a lot of us have Auditory Processing Disorder too. I partially lipread as a result. If I watch your eyes, I’ll miss something else.
I AM MOVED BEYOND WORDS POWERFULL STUFF.
Is it really only the lips that you see? Or do you read the language of the total facial/body expression? As a teacher of young children with autism, I find that the majority, but not all, respond to visual gestures, drawings, and facial expressions much quicker than any eye contact. I would be interested in knowing if persons with autism generally concentrate on the lips.
This is an awesome video, and I COULD show it to my students IF you were to remove the cuss words from it. Unfortunately, I cannot show it to them because of the “motherf*” used by the man. Too bad, because I would really like to share it with my students and with the rest of the staff at my school (2,000 kids, so about 100 staff who’d benefit from seeing this?)
SC, unfortunatley I did not make the video - but I feel your disapointment on this matter.
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