I am having a similar situation with my 6 year old son. The book Nurturing Narratives has been helping. Everyday, we sit down together to illustrate and narrate a 3 linear sequenced comic about what he did and how he felt about it. For example, we would say something like I love the fourth of july. I played with sparklers at night. It was fun. He would then narrate the comic strip back to me and then practice it on his teachers and friends. It helps him start to talk about what is happening in his life which is a real event. Hope this helps.

My daughter used to do this at a similar age. I can't remember when it changed from this but I do know it was after I changed my perspective and began asking questions and even joining in because it wasn't malicious or with a bad motive. It was just part of her way of coping with living primarily isolated in her own little world that many misunderstood. She loved it when I joined it and made it as a game. I know so much of our lives as a parent of an ASD child is serious & demanding, so it's hard not to get too upset when they do something that's not considered polite behaviour. But try to remember that much of ASD is beyond their control. They don't have an inner manual that translates the weird and sudden feelings, emotions and scary panic-sensations & thoughts they endure day to day. And everything they do that's considered "abnormal" by some is often just their way of trying to impress you or reach you & connect with you. Imagination albeit an overreactive one is their friend, even their lifejacket, and it's definitely not damaging or a permanent affliction. Try not to judge them from your own experiences or those of any other child (ASD or non-ASD).

Of course, our experience may be nothing like your own and thus this advice may not seem appropriate to your circumstances but I noticed my daughter did this more with people she didn't feel a connection with.Keeping a diary for a week or 2 may help you identify your child's triggers. So when she began I would know it was because she felt uncomfortable and so I would make it lighthearted by adding something equally or even more ridiculous, to take the focus off her, and she would look at me with an expression of pride which felt like she was saying "Thanks Mummy for getting me! ..For not being embarrassed of me!" I know not one of us feel embarrassed of our precious children but sometimes they need us to make it obvious that we don't need them to fit into conventional normality! In fact, I used to say to my daughter when she felt overwhelmed by trying to act and imitate her peers or other non-ASD friends, that perhaps the pictures that come from the camera in her mind is the norm, the lighthearted way we were all meant to view ourselves and the world and everything in it, because maybe the world would be a better place if everyone had the same happy imaginary worlds to delve into whenever they felt out of their comfort zone.

Keep up the good work hun. its so lovely that you care so much for your child and want to help him.

It is tedious to say the least, overwhelming at times haha! My wife and youngest son were tboned about 6 months ago, they are fine. But every time he sees a similar car anywhere he goes into a huge story.

I constantly have to explain the car was crushed but he is 100% certain it is somewhere. So after a big long explanation we have to explain it is gone...

But that is just one example haha

Thanks so much for your answer helps to know we are not the only ones dealing with this. The hard part with Tyler is most often there is no truth behind it, I mean like how he talks about the car he drives and the apartment he lives in he is seven! Maybe it's his thoughts on the future I guess or his hopes

I deal with this issue daily. And the stories are so far fetched in the way that Star wars (the movie, not the middle system) aren't real. I haven't found a way to deal with it that is surefire, but I have learned to ask more probing questions till the truth comes out from him. Jackson (my son) has had a hard time distinguishing between fact and fiction.

I have offered to call teachers, friends as it stops the story and then I talk to him about lying and why it is bad. It seems to work for awhile but then 2 or 3 weeks another story. It is a repetietive cycle but I stay true to following up on a way that he doesn't get upset and we get the truth out.

I hope that helps!