I understand what you are saying about overstimulation or flooding which results when the verbal and non-verbal information is combined, but doesn't the avoidance of eye-contact indicate that a person with a significant degree of autism will miss vast amounts of information in face-to-face communication?
Many sources including this one, https://www.lifesize.com/blog/speaking-without-words/#:~:text=There%20have%20been%20a%20number,of%20all%20communication%20is%20nonverbal. claim that the vast majority of information is conveyed non-verbally.
I understand what you are saying about overstimulation or flooding which results when the verbal and non-verbal information is combined, but doesn't the avoidance of eye-contact indicate that a person with a significant degree of autism will miss vast amounts of information in face-to-face communication?