privateanderssmith:

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

okayestt:

hyper-verbal:

“Fidget toys make you less focused :)” that because you’re not adhd/autistic you fucking clod

list of things i have heard from people without adhd/autism who used my fidget toy:

– it doesn’t do anything

– its a waste of plastic

– how do you pay attention in class

– it makes so much noise (it doesn’t make any noise, they just saw i had it in my hand)

– at least my fidget spinner actually does stuff (my toy does 6 different things. also they got their fidget spinner taken the same day)

– its gay (creative)

things my friends with adhd/autism have said after using my fidget toy:

– oh my god

– its so…. Good

– i could actually pay attention to shit in class

– where can i buy this???

– wait there’s More stuff like this

– i love you. (not related to the toy per say but that felt nice)

This right here is an important post

As a teacher, the whole “fidget spinners being marketed as toys” is the most terrifying trend my students have introduced me to. I gave a fidget cube to one of my 6th grade students who’s been struggling all year with his adhd, who is so smart but is failing math because he can’t focus in it. He was hesitant at first, about a teacher giving him something “to help” rather than punishing him, but agreed with me that it couldn’t hurt to try. 

He hasn’t put it down. 

Everyday since he got it, I’ve seen him with it. He holds it in his pocket, and hasn’t climbed on a table or cussed at a teacher since. 

BUT

There are at least 20 other kids in our school who bring fidget spinners, play with them out on the table during lessons. They don’t pay attention in class, and disrupt other students’ learning with them. These are not students with adhd or anxiety, these are students who are just playing because their kids and that’s what kids do. 

What scares me is I know other teachers have been confiscating them. They’re going to be banned, if it continues to be a problem. And my 6th grader, who’s had noticeable improvements since he started playing with his cube, is going to get in trouble for using something that helps him learn.