Dungeons and Dragons

I stumbled across two comments online about DnD that really struck me as important. See here:https://remodernreview.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/daily-art-fix-the-influence-of-the-dd-monster-manual-art-of-dave-dat-trampier/#respond

and here: https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/blogs/shadowdark-blog/all-about-shadowdark-rpg?srsltid=AfmBOoqY8menD4tuqPsIPSgCgXeYjvCvwysgE95rk24b_1iAJmzyX2GE

I posted a comment on the remodernreview blog:

I, too, started playing DnD in the 1970s.  I also learned to DM, which provides a completely different type of gaming satisfaction with many observations.  One, very important, observation is what you mention: younger adults with Autism gain a massive amount of pleasure from playing DnD (or other RPGs, for that matter, such as Traveller).  Another observation I can confirm is the social interaction between players leads to personal and social growth.  I only occasionally DM DnD sessions, but still cling to the original version (the three-book version or the first edition of the hard bound books).  I found that this opens up the mind to the imagination far better than overly detailed volumes of lawyering books.  You point out the artwork is all the key, and I agree. The black and white drawings stir more imagination that flashing, and some cases, AI-generated, artwork.  All this leads me to a key point you make about Autism and roleplaying games like this.  Why does not someone conduct an indepth research into how this sort of gaming helps young adults with Autism?  I know it helped me, so there has to be something to this.  (I did not get confirmation that my comments went through, so I thought I would post them here, as well)