Reply #25: You're not the only one.

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"As a high-functioning autistic, I don't make eye contact."

I didn't know that was a characteristic of people with your condition. Thanks for the education; I always like to learn something I hadn't known before.

Also: Many American Indians such as myself (please, please don't call me a "native american") are taught that looking people in the eye (even during conversation) is bad manners; staring at people is considered rude.

I've gotten no end of aggro from people about this, even after I explain it.

The (well-meaning) people at my son's elementary school were concerned that he didn't look people in the eye when talking to them until I told them that it was cultural.

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