pandd wrote:
I would dump the doctor personally. If imaginative play were intended to be an exclusionary criteria, it would be listed as such in the DSM; it is not. If your doctor were competent in this area then he or she would be aware of this. After all, I am not clinically competent to assess for or diagnose ASDs but even I know this much. Indeed anyone who reads the DSM criteria can see that an absence of imaginative play is not necessary for diagnosis.
^^^THIS. Look around and find a specialist if you can. Try the local chapters of whatever patient centred (ASAN, NAS etc) autism charities are active in your country/state for advice, there may be people there who can recommend someone decent. Good luck!