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Re: The Secrets of Successful Eye Contact (Score: 1)
by GroovyDruid Thursday, December 01 @ 13:28:38 EST
(User Info | Send a Message | Journal) | | Thanks for reading the article and sharing your thoughts!
My viewpoint on learning body language--and eye contact specifically--is that it's like learning any other language: it helps one to communicate with people who otherwise won't appreciate or understand you.
I doubt whether anyone would think of learning German in order to speak to Germans as a betrayal of one's own language, culture, or oneself.
Eye contact is an analogous skill. An autistic who learns and practices as much of this skill as he is comfortably able in order to make others more comfortable and communicative raises the stature of the autistic community as a whole, because he is, in a sense, a diplomat (i.e. Temple Grandin). Such a person shows that our differences do not preclude good manners and the courtesy of respecting other people's communication styles. |
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Re: The Secrets of Successful Eye Contact (Score: 0)
by Anonymous Tuesday, December 06 @ 19:09:11 EST | | Hi, I am a speech path in Michigan, and I need to know how to help the aspie with soft focus. How do you teach the child to do this "eye trick"? Please contact me with any information, I really need help with this: rcutler@berkley.k12.mi.us . I have many wonderful children on the spectrum (on my caseload) from pre-school - high school.
Thank you,
Robin |
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