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I have an autistic son who has a lot of trouble with things like imaginary play, social interation, lack of empathy and general trepidation of the unknown.

I have tried doing some roleplay with him, only recently breaking through a bit with the use of hand puppets to help him immerse himself into the story. Other sorts of things I was thinking of trying were to try to introduce "quests" that he would need to enlist the aid of another to complete, or to figure out ways to integrate some of his favorite TV characters and objects (he loves to hammer things) into the stories as a bridge to other things.

Part of my challenge is my son is only 6, and I can't really expect much of him at this age. I continue to gently introduce concepts to him, even ones you might take for granted like rolling dice. We made up a game called "Jellybean Roundup", where we roll a d6, write the number down, roll another d6 and then add the two results together, then usher that many jellybeans into the corral. When the game is done, you get to eat them, so there is incentive to participate.

I'll be watching with interest what you come up with.

edit: sorry, missed my whole point. Each person with a disability like this is different, and not any one system is going to fit right in. What ever you end up going with would need to be flexible. I have looked at things like "Game of Shadows" and "Stuffed Heroes" (I think that's the name) before but they are difficult concepts for him to grasp.