Scarves, glasses, sunglasses

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I was thinking something similar to the "Lawrence of Arabia" look or a Muslim woman's hijab or something like how the Virgin Mary is depicted.

Anyhow, if wearing a scarf over your head "magically" improves eye contact like the OP is asking, there'd probably be dozens of stories from Muslim parents about how their autistic daughters' eye contact had improved when she became old enough for her head scarf.

I don't know how the poster wears the scarf but maybe it is proprioceptive input that is causing the positive feelings. I feel different based on what I am covered with and its weight. I can feel the edges of myself, which I normally can't and it makes me feel different. Maybe the scarf is not used as an eye covering but helps define bodily borders if that makes sense.

It made sense to me.

I feel more comfortable with my hood up. I like the feel of it (my borders ) and the feeling of being protected. I do give a bit more eye contact to strangers because I can sort of duck back inside again (like I'm peeping out from a cave) but my eye contact while different is not a big problem for me. I wear a lot of hoodies too, it's nice that they soften sound as well

I only wear a hood if it's really cold outside. I don't wear scarves at all; they make me feel like I'm being choked.

A scarf would annoy me because of the flapping and the moving about, but I like things being close especially around my head and neck (I wear lots of roll necks) otherwise I feel cold. My skin is very sensitive if it is exposed to the air.