I am usually pretty quiet around new people I might say something after a while if I get comfortable enough and feel it's relevent to something. If I just started talking I don't think I'd like the results....some people think I don't want to be included in the conversation or whatever they don't realize if they said something to me I'd probably be quite open and join in but otherwise its really difficult.

Also I am quite sure my lack of eye contact does not give the best impression to everyone and some people don't get that I can't its not like I just don't its actually physically difficult.

I guess I tend to just avoid most people, and try to mostly deal with people who don't care about social niceties like that or at least understand I have difficulties with social interaction and are ok with it. I have no idea how to really improve social functioning I have found ways to make up for some of the issues I have with it but I still run into quite a few inconviniances like not being able to approach people I don't know to talk to them unless they talk to me first was not good in college when I didn't have a pencil and of course couldn't ask someone around me to borrow one.