Nick sends this in, with thoughtful caveats:

I found this article a while ago while looking up stuff about hikikomori when I was trying to think about what to do for a final assignment, it came out in September and I thought this was pretty interesting and maybe it could be used in the future if this topic ever comes up in the class. It also discusses an online school used to give these kids an education. I know it's a little close to being moral panic-ish (especially with that last line of the video sounding a little judgmental), but I think the creation of the virtual high school targeting non-traditional students was interesting.