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If you are teaching autistic children, you must not teach them an oversimplified lie like that if someone smiles, it means they are happy. If you do, you're basically gaslighting them.
You can teach them that smiling is often a sign that someone may be happy.
If you are teaching autistic children, you must not teach them an oversimplified lie like that if someone smiles, it means they are happy. If you do, you're basically gaslighting them.
You can teach them that smiling is often a sign that someone may be happy.
You can also say that the smiley emoticon is used to indicate that someone is pleased with something.
If you are going to try to make them smile for the camera or smile when greeting people, you really need to sort out the rationale for those things in your own head before you embark on such a mission.
