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I don't have it but when I was in high school I was accidentally put in the special needs study hall for 2 years -we found out within the first week (the teacher and I) that I didn't belong there but I decided to stay and help her with the other students, so I worked basically as a tutor for the special needs kids if I didn't have any homework. Among them were kids with autism in varying severity and something that seemed to motivate them a lot was gaming. Some of them were unable to go into clubs or sports due to other issues that accompanied their autism so an alternative for them was video games. At the time it was really big for them to play on their 3DS's and such and if they finished their assignments before the end of study hall we'd let them play on it (if their grades were up to standard, which they often times weren't, unfortunately). But yeah, it isn't super gaming related but it was a way some children with autism benefited from gaming