Don't most Autistics and Asbergers individuals have imaginative play? My neice sure does. My niece is probably closer to having Asbergers. She is very smart, but she can't focus on anything more more than a few seconds. She can look people in the eyes, but goes out of her way not to especially when a picture is being taken. She is actually moderately social, but her sheer number of Autistic quirks put her on the spectrum. My niece also has SPD (we are not blood related). My niece is overly empathetic, but can't always express that empathy in a way that is socially acceptable. She lives in her own large universe.

My niece is placed in normal classes, even though they don't challenge her much. My sister in law did have to get the paperwork filled out for the school for the Autism, because otherwise they kept penalizing her for constantly wandering off.

She sometimes has major problems with her older sister who has very little empathy. My older neice is "normal" if way too much on the Narcistic side.