buryuntime wrote:
Xenu wrote:
buryuntime wrote:
Xenu wrote:
buryuntime wrote:
That's nice and all, but not realistic.
Why is that?
Autism has nothing to do with having an imaginary world in your head.
And you are saying you know what goes on in a SEVERELY Autistic persons head? We know many are very intelligent and have amazing imagination so how is this in any way unrealistic?
I don't see why it'd be any different than what I think about when looking at an object or turning it repetitively-- which is largely, nothing. I pace for hours, and when I do this I only have the exact same thoughts over and over in my head. I would imagine a "severely autistic" person would require even more self-absorbtion than I, and I doubt their time would occupy a highly-social world like Foster's*.
*Granted, I've never watched Foster's. But it seems to include jokes and talking.
Just because you don't have an imaginary world doesn't mean other autistic people can't. I've made (and replied to) a lot of topics about imagination over the past couple of years I've been a member here, and the responses vary wildly: some people don't even know what it's like to have an imagination, while other people are engrossed in worlds that are so detailed they could rival Tolkien's.
Personally, I've had an official diagnosis of Asperger's, and I've always had an imaginary world. I suppose you could call it a "highly social world", since it involves characters interacting with each other and having relationships. However, I should note that the interactions and relationships of the characters in question have always been very simple, because my own experiences with such things are limited.