Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
I’ve recently had my first autism assessment (online) and towards the end of it I was asked to tell a story with 5 objects I’d chosen. I chose the first 5 things that happened to be on the sofa next to me. I was asked to tell a story with them & I just couldn’t. I told the assessor this & she said it was ok. Has anyone else had a similar experience?
I did the story with 5 objects, and they said I showed no creativity or imagination(!) I thought I'd done well...
One problem we can have is when our vivid imagination cannot be well translated or communicated. Then they're not remarking about you as a person, but your 'essay'. As in: you may have a lot happening in your mind, but there's no use of descriptives in your language to help us envision what you're envisioning.