being on the asd Ohhhh, yes. Although to the temptation to flip em off is there, don't.  Not like you will get better communication by making them uncomfortable ... Trying to sound smarter won't help either. Strong eye contact helps if you can pull it off ... IF. Sometimes it is not worth it; you jsut have to write the transaction off.   i was wondering if this happen to the parents who have asd an proubly there kids .sometime if they no something diff about me they will eathir ingor me .or talk to person im with like im deaf .or talk to me like im 4 years old how you all deal with this .i no if i have a kid more likey then not the child will be like me .do you ever have those daysi given the wtf u looking at before sometimes i can be freash other times i just ingor it depend on my mood Yeah, I've had it happen. My ds has such a hard time, though, that I usually end up doing the wrong thing and jumping in to answer if someone does ask him a question, etc. I'm glad you posted this, Autti! That's something I'm going to have to watch that I hadn't really even considered much. I was just trying to save him from the discomfort of trying to talk to someone he doesn't know well....bad me! bad me!   Yes it happens and sometimes doctors are the worst.I noticed that when that happens my son starts acting especially unusual  - just trying to live up to their expectations. I think it is important that parents say something about it. But it is also important that we teach and let our children speak up on their own behalf.  Something like "I'm right here - you can speak to me" Eye contact always makes it easier for the NT's but I know that this is really stressful for my son once he already is stressed out.This hasn't happened to my kids but it has happened to my mom, a lot!  She had polio when she was a child and is in a wheelchair but otherwise she is fine.  A lot of people just assume she is unable to make decisions for herself and talk to me or whoever is with her while we're out.  It's so annoying.  Usually they'll say something like "is she going to sit in her wheelchair or move to a regualr seat" and my mom will say "SHE can speak for herself" or something like that.  It really annoys her!  That's a bummer, I always talk to kids on the spectrum that I know, even if they have no eye c ontact and I know they are nonverbal.
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