Most parents will first wonder, about eye contact. Why is she not looking at me. Does it mean he is not paying attention? How come there is no response. Don't fret. Here are some articles to help you understand this better. After that you will realise, that the individual in fact could either be having challenges with getting too much information, challenges with non-verbals, or actually on the contrary, be paying way too much attention to everything you say instead. 
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​Autism & Eye Contact by Judy Endow




"..invite facial referencing, do not demand eye contact. And please do not grab and turn their face to you." by ADP
(to know more about facial referencing look up RDI
for proper intervention strategies)




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​Grandin explains that the study concluded:

“What a neurotypical person feels when someone won’t make eye contact might be what a person with autism feels when someone does make eye contact. And vice versa: What a neurotypical feels when someone does make eye contact might be what an autistic feels when someone doesn’t make eye contact.”

from (article@Learn From Autistics) and with video by Amythest Schaber