High-Functioning Autistic people struggle in socialising and communicating with others. Here is a list of common traits and characteristics related to the social communication skills of High-Functioning Autistic people.

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1. High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty in maintaining friendships.

2. High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty in reading facial expressions and body language.

3. High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty in understanding group interactions.

4. High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty understanding jokes, figures of speech of sarcasm.

5. High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty understanding the rules of conversation.

6. High-Functioning Autistic people have difficulty understanding others’ feelings.

7. High-Functioning Autistic people have very little or no eye contact.

8. High-Functioning Autistic people talk excessively about one or two topics.

9. High-Functioning Autistic people give spontaneous comments which seem to have no connection to the current

   conversation.

10. High-Functioning Autistic people make honest but inappropriate observations.

11. High-Functioning Autistic people overly trusting or unable to read the motives behind people’s actions.

12. High-Functioning Autistic people find it easier to socialize with people that are younger or older, rather than peers of their own ages.

13. High-Functioning Autistic people respond to social interactions but they do not initiate them for most of the time.

14. High-Functioning Autistic people are averse to answering questions about themselves.

15. Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people are unaware or disinterested in what is going on around them.

16. Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people prefer to be alone, aloft or over-friendly.

17. Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people resist being touched.

18. Sometimes, High-Functioning Autistic people tend to get too close or too far when speaking to someone.