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31 Mar 2012, 12:05 am

I could never do it as a kid, and I feel horrible for my nephew that I can't do it now. All he ever wants is for me to play with him. :(



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31 Mar 2012, 1:41 am

I hardly remember playing at all as a kid, only later, but I don't know what it says about me.


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31 Mar 2012, 3:19 am

If anything, I did more pretend play than the average child did---most of my play involved using my imagination, and to this day I enjoy roleplaying and making up extra storylines for video games, books, and movies. I was pretty self-conscious about pretend play, though; I always sought a private place to do it. Maybe my parents simply never noticed.



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31 Mar 2012, 11:26 am

i used to line up/organize toys, i still do, but with my nintendo collection.


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31 Mar 2012, 4:12 pm

IdahoRose wrote:
I have always had a very vivid imagination and I engaged in pretend play when I was a child, but I was still diagnosed with Asperger's. In fact, on the section of Tony Attwood's site that talks about females with AS, it mentions the fact that females with AS commonly use escape into imagination as a coping strategy: (click)


The explanation on that site is me to a T.


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