 The study compared the cognitive abilities of 22 children with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, and 26 neurotypical children between the ages of 7 to 10. The instruments used included tests designed to measure cognition in primary school children, as well as a freeform narrative. Children with ASD demonstrated several distinctive characteristics when compared to their neurotypical counterparts, including a lack of targeting, a distorted generalization process, and a greater degree of concrete thinking. In addition, children with ASD scored higher on average than neurotypical children on all measures. Finally, the study revealed that children with ASD displayed a combination of specific thinking and certain symptoms associated with schizophrenia. This article was authored by M. M. Ivanova and L. G. Borodino.