Anyone with autism have a good imagination?

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Since a child I've always had a vivid imagination and have immersed myself in imaginary worlds which I now realize are probably considered maladaptive daydreaming. I have heard it said that many aspies/autistic people often have very detailed worlds in their heads.

I've often been praised for my imagination and creativity, but it's just as often (if not more so) gotten me in trouble.

http://www.jalderson.com/imagination-au ... treatment/
It turns out that Lorna Wing had meant something more specific than ‘lack of
imagination.’ She might have more accurately written “social imagination”. In an interview with Adam Feinstein she clarified that “Autistic children do have imagination, but it is not social.” To be even clearer, she is referring to the concept that autistic people have a hard time taking (imagining) other people’s perspective and showing empathy (imagining how other people might be feeling). Despite social challenges, we need to talk about the autistic imagination. Unfortunately, by the time the interview was published in 2010, the myth had already become well rooted in the field of autism treatment and in the general public.
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I have a good imagination, all my life I have had a very strong fantasy life, often switching between three or four at the same time. When diagnostic descriptions of us say something like 'poor imagination' I think they mean that we struggle to predict what people will do next, probably because we don't guess what they're thinking like NT's can. Especially if they use euphemisms and we aren't really looking at them or can't read body language. (I would like to write a novel but think that my understanding of how people behave etc is so poor that it wouldn't work).
Generally, I think that we have much better imaginations than most people.

Yes, I have a good imagination. It helps me be creative in whatever I am working on. I would hate to be without it.

I understand now so, we have generally good imaginations, yet struggle with predicting what people will react like or respond. That makes a lot more sense!

I would say yes.
My programs are part script and part created ala
Whose line is it any way.

I think my imagination is confused with my ability to see imagery in my head, unless thats the same thing.. LOL in that case as a visual thinker all i do is imagine.

I even have Imaginary friends (although i dont interact with them, theyre more characters in a sitcom than imaginary friends. i create scenarios and drama for them and i watch it like a TV show)

Creativity on the other hand is lacking, i have never been very creative or original i just copy a lot of what i see..

I'm wondering if anyone else had a brain or imaginatiton to play theater games such as seen in the T V show Whose Line is it Anyway?

While I haven't directly played a Whose Line kind of game, I've often had friends build off joke I started and it keeps going until we're all just laughing our heads off.

That sounds great.
Back in my 20's we started memorizing Firesign Theater scripts and doing them at gatherings.
I was more comfortable in doing things at gatherings than listening and just talking as me.

I kind of understand what you're saying. I feel more comfortable talking as a favorite character than I do usually talking as myself, like giving a speech.

"GL", I get that.

Does anyone use character/voice actor type stuff?

Me, to I have a cast of characters. One is myself, then a Wife, Piplip. Then a Best friend Squirtle, Then another friend Torchic, Arceus the God, and Darkari the Evil Demon. There's more like a Pikachu that fused with a flygon Flikachu/Pikachu+Flygon. That is it all, basically more or less, with a rival Oshawott who is trying to steal my friends. That to. Also, added my brother in there as Snorlax (He likes to sleep a lot like he has Hyper-Somina). I Imagine I'm surfing WP, and Posting in my Head some times..
I talked about this with my therapist last appointment. About why, Certain Video games, Mostly RPGs, like Minecraft, Pokémon or Skyrim would be Appealing to Autistics, I said that since in our worlds, we don't have to be atypical we can just be normal. Or like I am we can be Shiny Pokémon. Or We can be anything we can imagine. They're like a coping mechanism. Though the one thing that is different is they do interact with me, they play with me and my family. It usually involves their special interest....I fell like it is a replacement for my constant nightmares etc.
DrLaugh, I do voice actor stuff, Arceus has a godly voice, Darkari has a Deep Dark voice Torchic, Piplup, Squirtle, Oshawott, and Piplip, have Variants of my high pitched voice. Pieplup/Me has my normal voice..

I appreciate all the sharing on this thread. They bring smiles to my heart.
Years ago I got to do a few seasons of voice work. Those were the days of editing reel to reel with razor blades. I was much better as an actor than an editor.

I have been told I have a great imagination and I write short fiction stories all the time

I personally believe that it's very strongly possible for Aspies to have big imaginations. For example, I have many story ideas from a Sci-Fi reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's original Little Mermaid story to a Sci-Fi dystopian story to a story about a Vampire Vigilante in Seattle to a series reminiscent of Narnia.