I often hear it said that children/people with Asperger's don't play 'pretend', like other children do. However, when I was a child I was always 'pretending', one way or the other. For example, I would get inside a plastic laundry tub and pretend that it was a barge-boat, and the undulations in the carpet were waves. My brother and I would take it in turns to push the 'barge-boat' round the sitting-room, and we would get out of the barge at various seats, which became landing posts.
I also played teddy-bear (and doll) tea-parties, again with my brother, or made my dolls talk about their day at school.
I am diagnosed with Aspergers, and have most of the traits, but I did 'pretend' play as a kid. It was just that I rarely played in the typical way with other children, and the children I did play with were usually younger than me. Also, I had to be in control of any game I played. I only had one friend at primary school, and we often fell out with one another, usually whenever she tried to include other children.
