Did anyone's DC not be hugely into imaginary play and end up NOT being autistic?
DS1 currently on the pathway, he did do basic imaginary play and liked toys, he never lined things up or played in a sterotypically "autistic" way, but I always noticed his play lacked the narration/chatter that I noticed some of his peers did. He tended to stick to sound effects only eg choo choo for trains. He's creative now and puts all sorts of little games together but again almost no narration.
DS2 is into role play and will say he's xyz character, but it doesn't go very far. I don't think he's autistic at the moment but then it wasn't clear cut with DS1 either.
Neither of my DC have done the sterotypical play that I've seen with "small world" toys, making characters chatter away at length to each other, that sort of thing.