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 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Making community more accessible

cedabisnet
Posted: 20 May 2016, 4:51 am 

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I run a project called BIS-net [Behavior Intervention Support Network] which has a number of outcomes around individuals with Behavior Support needs and their families. We use the term behavior support to cover anyone who may need support with behavior that is at risk of socially isolating them from...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do you make eye contact?

cedabisnet
Posted: 19 May 2016, 7:53 am 

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As someone trying to advise staff in community settings how to support someone with Autism to access, I would be interested to hear peoples thoughts on how to go about eye contact with someone with Autism. We often talk to our staff about how sometimes 'getting next to someone' (not too close) and ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do you make eye contact?

cedabisnet
Posted: 19 May 2016, 7:51 am 

Replies: 41
Views: 2,256
For service personell, the best would be to sit/stand opposite, but simply not try to make eye-contact; look at the mouth of the autistic, and that should be enough. That's really helpful to hear. There are so many accounts on here of how difficult eye contact can be it certainly seems that staff a...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do you make eye contact?

cedabisnet
Posted: 18 May 2016, 9:05 am 

Replies: 41
Views: 2,256
As someone trying to advise staff in community settings how to support someone with Autism to access, I would be interested to hear peoples thoughts on how to go about eye contact with someone with Autism. We often talk to our staff about how sometimes 'getting next to someone' (not too close) and c...
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