Well, I'm not sure I'll go with animals. x_x I need something that's a little easier for me. >< Or... maybe because she can't have pets... she also collects stuffed animals and pretends they are real and talk to her. It won't happen ALL the time but maybe if she's had a bad day or something, she talks to a favorite stuffed animal of hers.

I won't make the stuffed animal talk... but maybe she talks to her stuffed animals and answers their questions like they are talking to her. I do that all the time with my plushies and I tend to make them talk to me a lot. XD She could have a deep connection to one of her stuffed animals.

Maybe it could be a stuffed animal her father got her before he was killed in a car accident. Like, something that she associates with her father and has a huge connection towards.

I wouldn't mind writing about the connection between Autism and having a 'friend' to talk to. But I'm not really sure. >