You Are Babysitting Your Friend's Autistic Child

You are babysitting your friend's autistic child. You have known them all of their life and think of them as part of your own family. While their sometimes unusual behaviour was confusing to you when you were initially getting to know them, as you learned more about Autism you gained a much better understanding of why they behave the way they do. You recently took them to a soccer game. You noticed they never seemed to be looking at the part of the field where the action was happening during the game. You had noticed them behaving similarly before but always assumed it was due to a lack of interest, though you know they love soccer. Based on prior work discussed in your textbook, what is one possible alternative explanation?

A) they actually are paying attention to the game but never look directly at whatever they're focusing on
B) they may actually have difficulty tracking where other people are looking, which may affect what they pay attention to
C) they likely have no interest in any sports
D) they don't want you to know what they're focusing on, so they watch it 'out of the corner of their eye'
E) none of these responses fit with any prior work discussed in your book