60 Second Science_ Autism & Eye Gaze

[@whitewaterdragon]

Personally I find, It's because eyes hold so much information and detail that it becomes overwhelming.

[@adrianmiles7678]

It’s to delay processing to reduce overwhelm. A recent study showed ND’s process 42% more info for every sense. So not making eye contact allows us to kinda keep pace with a convo by limiting our inputs

[@KatieB33]

The problem I find is when children are not diagnosed as on the spectrum because they do make eye contact.

[@marcelotimoteo99]

I think there's something too intense in direct eye contact, and it makes me feel bad, too personal, or even like the person is seen something she should not.

[@jshir17]

*The eye contact idea is very one-sided as autistics rarely gossip, while non-autistics who gossip about the autistic behind his/her back need to be told stop and rather to address the autistic person face to face.*

[@kamaljit-9811]

A lot of thanks ,Sir. Good information

[@fionnawheatley9095]

My husband is on the spectrum, diagnosed unofficially in his 40s and he still has trouble making eye contact....all three of our kids on the spectrum have the eye gaze aversion, but we- especially my hubby, have been training them all into eye contact. "Laser eyes" shoot them with your gaze! Our youngest is particularly good at it. But his eye contact is not of "normal" intensity or length. He still experiences difficulties with it. He was diagnosed in spite of our training. I think experienced practitioners can tell the difference.

[@JD-zh5nv]

So in other words you R doing something that screws with their being diagnosed or not. Smart move.

[@l3xigee]

Huh. I find it's not that hard for me to look at eyes on a screen. In person is where it makes a huge difference. It feels so, I guess intimate is the best way to describe it. I get really uncomfortable and can't figure it how long to hold eye contact for and either stare too long, or worry about not going long enough and being perceived as rude. I don't have that worry with an obvious image or video. I know I'm not being perceived so who cares if I stare at those eyes? 😅

[@bmc5075]

I took my daughter for a private assessment shes 3 whats side eye focus on objects

[@adityans390]

Thanks sir...iam a student from India ,iam doing my bachelors in biomedical ,iam interested to develop an equipment to assist and diagnos eye gaze abnormalities in autism ....i would like to know more about this .. please help ...thank you

[@jananiporkodi4331]

Hi sir.. from india...my son is asd.. is there any solution to reduce eye stimming?