Isbister’s team developed a high-tech ‘smart’ fidget ball for use in the study of fidgeting in adults with ADHD. You’ll find them in nearly any department store or gas station: Fidget spinners, fidget ...

But, when dealing with anxiety, ADHD and other conditions ... that can be operated discreetly or quietly, such as a fidget cube, stress ball or putty. These toys will allow you to engage in ...

Alex Partridge, founder of LADBible and UNILAD and host of the ADHD Chatter podcast, challenges the dismissive narratives ...

"Giving an individual with ADHD a stress ball or fidget spinner offers a way to regulate energy from the outside in." Dr. Pamela Walters, a consultant psychiatrist at Eulas, says that she frequently ...

Another expert had a similarly skeptical view of fidget spinners. "Using a spinner-like gadget is more likely to serve as a distraction than a benefit for individuals with ADHD," Mark Rapport ...

or ADHD. Sounds great, right? But there's one serious drawback. It's causing major controversy in schools. The original fidget spinner is a three-pronged plastic device that uses ball bearings to ...

In another study comparing neurotypical adolescents and those with ADHD, “we didn’t see that [fidgeting] had any demonstrable effect in the typically developing,” Schweitzer says.

Kailani Simpson used her own experience struggling with ADHD in the classroom to design a clothing prototype to help kids ...

These are all signs of fidgety behaviors. Fidgeting, which was once commonly deemed inappropriate, has been discovered to have beneficial impacts. When so many people in the world fidget in some ...

Kyah Timm, 13, talks about her small business called Neuro-Minded in Hendrum, Minn. She makes fidget bracelets and calming necklaces to help wearers with ADHD and other neurodifferences.