Er-- honestly? Playing with things in non-traditional manner (at least not an 'age-normative' one) is a hallmark of a LOT of non-NT kids.

It doesn't sound like a positive environment for gifties any more than for ASD children. frown

Play-based might be better, as someone else noted-- assuming that the adults in the support team can focus on "getting" your child, and less on restricting him, at least for the moment.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.