The whole thread ends with two questions:
1. How large are the cultural differences surounding eye contact in conversations, between the US-UK and Spain, Italy, France, or Portugal?
2. Are English textbooks on autism obsessed on this because this is really an autism problem or because of their own cultural context?
continued:When you speak with people, where do you direct your gaze? I think I look at the face in general, but I also look at my surroundings, etc. No one has ever commented that I don't maintain eye contact properly during a conversation.