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In this blog explore the potential reasons eye contact can be hard for
children with autism. Whilst not every child or person with autism struggles to make eye contact, many do not find it easy. In this blog, we will explore the potential reasons eye contact can be hard for children with autism and things that you can do to help them.

There is a well-known saying, ‘you meet one person with autism, you meet one person with autism’. Like neurotypicals, children and adults with autism can be very different. However, a lot of autistic people share similar traits. Yesteryear, it was often thought that predominantly males were autistic, however, we now know that this isn’t necessarily the case as studies show that autistic females often ‘mask’ their autistic behaviours and traits.