So maybe eye contact is best when he's relaxed and everything around is quiet or dim? A component of anxiety/stress/hyperarousal (from any cause, stress from trouble processing speech is one possible cause), or some sort of distractibility (visual, auditory overload, etc). (I'm just thinking aloud, I have no training whatsoever). I asked about the fried bunny as that's my tactic when DS (or DH) is preoccupied, turns out they are usually listening at some level to me. smile