If in the clinic of autism, the refusal to engage the gaze is prevalent, let us question the clinical consequences of this refusal, which can go as far as not being able to see From the eye . However, it is not uncommon to see that autistic people stare at objects in the world, even appearing to be caught up in them. So, when the autistic person directs his eye on, what does that mean? Can the autistic subject, over the course of his construction, engage a gaze?
Fram “eyes”
Charlie, 8 years old, does not engage the gaze in the exchange, nor any impulsive object.
Charlie has chosen an autogyro [1] , stares at it, says “it moves, it turns, (his) eyes”, and is act upon by stereotypies of the hands in front of the eyes. When we meet, he is connect to this object. “(His) eyes, there” he repeats. Outside of this libidinal connection, he is lifeless.
To the eye, to open up to the From the eye world
Still keeping an eye on the autogyro, Charlie consents to our presence. He equips me with various objects while discovering with the other eye, the objects that surround us. Thus connect to his circuit, he ventures towards other places.
In an adjoining toilet where he phone number list takes me, he turns on the sink faucet, sits on the bowl, stares at the swirling water at the bottom of the sink and waves his hands in front of his eyes as usual. He then puts two fingers in the circular movement of the water; that creating engaging content to increase traffic is when he defecates. Support by the transfer and connect to the dynamics of the swirl, Charlie incorporates its characteristics to make his own body function without fear.
To separate from the eye to see
Charlie chooses a front-loading washing machine. He is fascinat, his eyes fix on the beating drum. For almost eight months we go to “see the machine”. One morning, alert by his cries because he is refus access to the laundry room, I hand him my keys: “Here it is” he says. He gets up, goes to the machine and says: “that’s good, it’s running”. He rebuilds his body under my gaze. Later, he list of real mobile phone numbers says “it stinks in there”. The scansion “well, let’s go out!” will give scope to what the subject says naming jouissance and to operate a distancing. He repeats: “that’s it, let’s go out”. The subject no longer falls, the break does not operate on his body. This act of the analyst will open up a new imaginary elaboration in Charlie.
The next session, his gaze fix on the drum of the machine, he says “look Myriam there the autogyro, look, the eyes, it shines”. If the autogyro fram the eye in its image, the washing machine captures it. An imaginary subtraction of scopic enjoyment then takes place for Charlie which allows him to engage the gaze in the exchange and to leave the machine without difficulty. Charlie looks at me constantly.