Is he interested if he avoids making eye contact when we talk

Eye contact avoidance is ambiguous. Nervous guys avoid it. Guys on the spectrum often prefer not to make it. Some people just don't do it naturally when they're talking. Meanwhile, a player might lock eyes intensely to manipulate you.

What you actually need to know is whether he's interested in spending time with you and whether he responds to your moves. Eye contact is theater. Showing up is real. If he's nervous but into you, he'll still text back. He'll still make plans. He'll still ask you things. The nervousness is just noise on top of real interest.

A good text here does one job. It gives him an easy chance to show interest through action rather than body language. You're not asking about the eye contact. You're not asking what he's feeling. You're moving the situation forward and seeing if he comes with you.

The move is to suggest something specific you could do together. Something casual that doesn't require him to sit across from you and feel self-conscious about eye contact. When you make the ask, watch whether he says yes quickly, suggests his own time or place, or disappears. That tells you what you need to know. His reaction to your plan matters more than his reaction to your face.

Send your message and wait at least 24 hours for a reply. If he responds with a yes or a counterproposal within a day or two, he's interested. Interest shows up as momentum. If he takes three days to reply, says maybe, keeps pushing plans away, or goes quiet after you make a suggestion, he's not interested enough to bother with.

If he doesn't reply within two days, send one follow-up message a week later. Something light. If that gets nothing, stop. Two no-responses means no. Do not keep texting to figure out his eye contact habits. You already have your answer. Move on to someone who gives you obvious signals.