I believe that's true to an extent, particularly when it comes to facing whoever is speaking. but I do remember when I discussed this with a friend of mine, him saying that because I did not seak for eye contact specifically, he (and others), would not seak it from me, and so long as Ifaced them and made my voice expressive and engaging enough, my body language would follow and I could interact with people reasonably.
The evidence I've found for this is that all of the above mentioned things, talking to someone else (not usually possible sinse I'm on my own), thinking I am deaf etc, only happen before I have a chance to speak to and engage with the person, and therefore are probably more due to random assumptions than anything else. The one that always makes me laugh is "I don't want to offend you but" usually followed by "Howmuch can I see" or "have i always been blind" if I found such questions offensive I'd be offended a lot of the time ;d. As far as this goes for games, at the point when I'm discussing (or demonstrating), audiogames to someone else, I know them well enough to be beyond the usual stupidity, and can thus expect a reasonable reaction from them. Because of this social stuff though, I would never try to show off audiogames to someone I didn't know vaguely well first so that they can judge and get the best impression of things. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
