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Tips for helping children with autism practice eye contact

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Autism

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Tip sheets

Author

Merle J. Crawford M.S., OTR/L, Barbara Weber M.S., CCC-SLP

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Many children with autism do not consistently look at others when communicating, which affects their ability to receive important nonverbal information from the speaker and also may affect the other speaker’s motivation to interact. Download this tip sheet for ideas you can incorporate into a child’s routine to teach that eye contact can result in something pleasurable and meaningful.

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