First assessment - telling a story with 5 objects

I think that it is a very outdated type of test, based on the myth that autistic people do not have imaginations and also, as a consequence, do not enjoy fiction. So many autistics, me included, have wonderful imaginations and create their own worlds - a notable method of escaping the real world that is so often inimical to them. This form of escapism is found documented in autism studies, how it can be squared with a supposed inability to make up a short story about objects, defies logic. Not all autistics, of course, have particularly vivid imaginations, but some certainly do.

I think that it is a very outdated type of test, based on the myth that autistic people do not have imaginations and also, as a consequence, do not enjoy fiction. So many autistics, me included, have wonderful imaginations and create their own worlds - a notable method of escaping the real world that is so often inimical to them. This form of escapism is found documented in autism studies, how it can be squared with a supposed inability to make up a short story about objects, defies logic. Not all autistics, of course, have particularly vivid imaginations, but some certainly do.

It's not about imagination in the book test. It's about having, or not having, the ability to understand or form abstract ideas. Giving you five random objects and asking you to tell a story is difficult for people with Autism. The book is as abstract as it gets. I Googled the tests after I took them and found this information. I have a wonderful imagination and often visit my alternate world, but I found the test impossible. The book had no story to me, just a random set of pages and I was bogged down with the small details and saw no story,

I agree about the myth! That needs dispelling considering one of the first kids noted as autistic had imaginary friends. 

If I could guess what they're looking for it's the sort of thing that I would classify as a mildly acceptable socio-pathology with improv. Something we might see as telling a lie, or selling a fantasy. 

Yes quite. It's probably that thing where we are often either end of the bell curve. Probably some have poor imagination and some have overactive imagination, where I am the latter. Which is one of the reasons so many of us have been missed.