Eye contact is a very social, almost intimate, type of interaction. Teaching this to individuals with ASD is a hard and ongoing process that might take a long time to achieve.
Here are a few links that share some great ways to obtain and maintain eye contact with your child.
How to get eye contact from your child with autism
Teaching Autistic Children to Make Eye Contact
Eye Contact & Gaze
Eye Contact: ABA, DTT, and RDI
Autism and tactics for building eye contact
3 comments:
I've given up with eye contact. Sometimes we get it other times it's pretty elusive. I concentrate for the time being on 'general body orientation' which is proving much more successful for us.
Cheers
Why do you so badly want folks like me to make eye contact? I've lived 46 years with an autism spectrum disorder, and I still don't understand why you want to force this on us. Don't you know that eye contact HURTS? Please, please read this before you say anything else about eye contact:
http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/web/News/Sciam_autism_0305.pdf
KateGladstone-
Whether or not to do eye contact is up to you. The information was provided for those who wanted suggestions (a friend wanted some links).
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