stereotypes “eye contact”
Good Eye contact means not staring 100% into someone's eyes.
NO, not making enough eye contact does not mean ASD
NO, making good eye contact does not mean NO asd
Eye contact is 1 of the 3 main criteria people remember
It comes from the M-Chat screening assessment and is used as an indicator of risk.
You also must test the other 29 to get an answer.
Teaching your child how to make eye contact alone is not curing ASD.
It will hide your child's condition and send them into a mainstream environment where nobody knows how to support your child,
and your child is most likely to have a more difficult life because of a lack of specialized support.