Appearing uninterested

• “Although it may seem that we are uninterested in our surroundings, that is not entirely true. In my case, I may be fixated on an object in my hand, but I am very much aware of what is going on outside my world. I listen very closely to conversations going on around me and despite looking in another direction, I see the actions of the people in the room. I may not look at you when you talk, but I am always listening and I always understand.”

• Sue Rubin, Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone, p. 96