Autistic People Don't Daydream?

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I found this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4751075.stm

and I wonder how correct it is. For a start, what about when people with AS 'zone out'? Is this not a type of daydreaming?

Also, in their test, what if the reason the autistic people didn't daydream in the parts where the non-autistics did, is because they were unsure of why they were looking at the cross and analysing it to come up with a reason, so their brains didn't rest in that part? There could be other explanations too, I find it odd that they have come to this conclusion based on that test.

I also wonder if they were thinking and trying to understand other things to themselves. Are we certain autistics don't take longer to go into daydream. Also isn't the sample size a bit small.

This makes sense to me to a certain degree. I feel that often, if I try to allow my brain to relax into it's 'resting state' by not consciously trying to do anything, my thoughts never seem to slow down and I find my brain thinking all sorts of interconnected analytical thoughts about some very complex things. I have no idea how much that differers from the NT experience of daydreaming but I am often told that I over-think and have lots of trouble switching off to sleep etc. so get the impression my thought process might be different or at least at a constant level whether I try to relax or not.

reading that page instantly showed a mistake in the method used; the conclusion sounded wrong already.
they said that the brain at rest didn't show the signs of daydreaming, but in the "resting" periods, you had to look at a cross, that is not a brain at rest, not for me at least.

i myself do certainly daydream, but only when i am fully idle, so during this experiment, i wouldn't be daydreaming either, not by their definition

Lol, if it is true then I'm the most NT person on the earth. Surprise!

when I get into deep thought I ignore time and my surroundings, idk if thats daydreaming or not

Maybe what we call "daydreaming" is different from what the NTs call "daydreaming"--or at least, looks different on a brain scan. I do experience idle thoughts, but they're often analytical, as some of you have noted.

I wonder how big the difference is? Is it just a mild tendency, or an obvious gap? After all, autistic and neurotypical aren't two totally different groups. It's more of a continuum.

I wonder how the scans would differ when ASD subjects were stimming?

That's BS. I daydream all the time.

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Thats BS, Im constantly daydreaming. One of my favorite things to do is put on a pair of headphones, listen to some music and just close my eyes and pretend its me up on stage playing kick as lead guitar

Bunch 'o Crap. I wouldn't give this guy a second thought.

Are we not human? I wonder which box they'll try to shove us ALL in next.

I daydream a lot. If this research is true I presume this is just a personal attribute of mine.