JustFoundHere wrote:
When it comes to reassessing difficulties with social-skills/friendships, the clinical / therapy approaches (at least from my own personal experiences) are not necessarily favorable towards boosting social skills.
Your location is listed as Montreal; hence I'm reminded of a study that found that understanding a second language boosts critical thinking skills. Have you found that handling Montreal's two languages of English and French boosted critical thinking skills? Can this be helpful for people with HFA in boosting social skills?
Related to languages: I had begun a discussion thread (seven posts as of this writing) titled, 'The Confounding Subtleties Of The English Language' (LINK at bottom). In a nutshell, words in other languages can do a better job than the English language in clarifying those sometimes difficult nuances, ambiguities of English.
LINK:
viewtopic.php?t=376504I was very young when I learned english as a second language, so I don't remember the difference. However, I observed a correlation between critical thinking and a second language. But I think it's more that people with good critical thinking are more likely to be able to become fluent in a second language.
Personally, I like english because I have a hard time choosing between polite and casual (it's much less obvious in english). Also it does provide more vocabulary to be precise in a description. For instance, love and like are a single word in french.
11 Jun 2019, 7:40 am
