Creating art can be beneficial for HFA & social skills.

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I small ways, I've found that creating art i.e., drawings, paintings, photography, sculptures can act as an "icebreaker of sorts" in boosting social-skills.

For example, when creating artworks with a few other people in an arts program, the very handling of concrete objects during that process of creating artwork somehow acts to "break the ice" and encourages interaction with other people; that is interactions where HFA actually becomes less of a factor. Whereas, most social interactions rarely involve handling specific concrete objects.

Over time, has anybody found that creating artworks actually boosts social-skills?

Gives you something to talk about.

I find that people who make art tend to be quirky and therefore more forgiving of others' quirks.*

I find that people who make art tend to think deeply/slowly and therefore be good with others who think in that way.*

You can join clubs.

So yes.

*these two are generalising both aspies and artists but true in my experience from both groups.

Thank-you so much for your response! I'm glad to find other people who can put their experiences to words; that is just how the arts can act as "an icebreaker of sorts."

Presently, I'm enrolled in an arts program (I can attend for free) that serves the developmentally disabled. Up until the last half of 2018, we had a terrific arts instructor who had to leave and relocate out of our region.

I hope to find (an affordable- often pricey) arts program that can also prove as "an icebreaker" in interacting with NTs - some of whom would be receptive to understanding HFA.