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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)
  1. When I was young, I used to enjoy playing games involving pretending with other children.

Well my favourite activity is D&D, so forget the "when I was young" part

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I guess children's imaginations are autistic now? Lol.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

The exact opposite. Autistic children have difficulty engaging in games with collaborative imagination.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I assumed the opposite. D&D is cooperative imagination, something I would think would be difficult for an autistic individual. If you strongly agreed with that, your score would be lower. The 40 is not the person's score but the number of the question.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That's fair, I don't know why I assumed the opposite, but youre probably correct.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's just a potential indicator, that's the whole point of the quiz

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Normal childhood behavior isn't an indicator, that's my point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well I'd assume that the people who came up with the quiz have identified that it is an indicator

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And clearly I'm voicing disagreement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

The question is about kids on purpose because children play games of pretend differently than how adults play D&D. You can be VERY autistic and find D&D to be rewarding because it's not JUST about collaborative imagination.