Can someone with ASD have good social skills?

Yes. I believe that social skills could be developed in children with ASD. With proper therapy like Speech and Language and Be havioural Therapy, children with ASD especially the high- functioning ones most likely could develop good social skills. read more

Everything I have read says there needs to be some lack of skills, either avoiding eye contact, avoiding other children, etc. Background: my almost 4 yr old son is so different and extremely difficult than the other 4 we have. read more

Now though, I can honestly say that I have fairly good social skills. I can keep a conversation going, I make friends fairly easily, and I can make people laugh with my dry sense of humor. I am thankful for this because I know that a lot of people with Aspergers/high functioning Autism have trouble in this area. read more