DD is 9 and does have lots of Aspergers/ASD traits. The reason I always thought that she probably isn't on the spectrum is that she has a very vivid imagination. She makes up long and convoluted stories (she's currently on page sixtysomething of the novel she's writing ) and plays for hours with her model animals. She's got a couple of friends that she plays with and they play imaginative games, however DD is the one that drives this; she dictates the plot, assigns everyone else their roles and has to really be pushed to compromise and let anyone change the game slightly. She won't play with her animals with anyone else; she puts them away when people come round. She loves me to play with them (I only do this occasionally now she's older) but again she dictates exactly what she wants you to do; she's extremely prescriptive.
My question is, for those of you who have DCs on the spectrum, do any of your children engage in imaginative play and storytelling? I'd read that one of the primary characteristics of someone with ASD is their inability to use 'social imagination'. Is that the same as imaginative play or is that something different?
Forgive my ignorance please!
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Could DD have Aspergers/ASD when she has such a vivid imagination?
NonAstemia · 13/06/2012 20:53
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