A study has recently found that bilingualism may increase cognitive flexibility in kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The findings indicated that bilingual children with ASD performed significantly better when it came to the more complex part of the task-shifting test relative to children with ASD who were unilingual. 'This is a novel and surprising finding' said senior author Aparna Nadig from McGill University in Montreal Quebec. 'Some researchers have argued convincingly that living as a bilingual person and having to switch languages unconsciously to respond to the linguistic context in which the communication is taking place increases cognitive flexibility' Nadig added. Here are a few real life stories and struggles of children with
