Elaborate pretending as a child?

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Interestingly what we have all described here is pretty much within the bounds of typical play activity for any child.

Most diagnosticians will look for a lack of imaginative play as indicative that a child may be on the autistic spectrum.

The idea is that a typical child will take a box of toys and make an imaginative story play with them while an autistic child is more likely just to line them up and sort them out.

For me, as a child I exhibited both types of play.

The role play I was involved in was usually instigated by others and I tried to go along.

When left to my own devices I was completely happy lining up my battery or matchbox collections.