#fidgit toys

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I wasn’t gonna try to stay out of the fidget toys discourse but: no offense but teachers would be taking away fidget toys from neurodivergent kids anyways even if they weren’t popular and being used by others.

Like as someone who grew up with a learning disability I can tell you teachers, especially one who aren’t special Ed trained are terrible at accommodating neurodivergent kids. I’ve had teachers tell me in elementary school that they won’t allow me to have extra time in tests and homework. I’ve had a teacher yell at me at my face in front of other students one time for me asking if I could type out my answer for a reading summery on the classroom computer (cause I did bad on the last one from the spelling mistakes cause I have dysgraphia and dyslexia)… and she said I can’t cause “it’s not fair to the other kids!!”

I’m not even gonna get into how lots of people including kids are underdiagnosed/some parents kids refused to put them on IEP/special Ed programs at their kids school so their peers wouldn’t even know cause that would get too long.

But my point is that the problem is teachers not being trained to understand that each students have different needs and struggles, when they should be. They’re the ones responsible for this.. they are literally the supervisor/the adult in charge during school hours​ for the kids. Idk why you all are blaming kids when it’s the damn adults (who should know better already) being ableist to kids with disabilities? Teachers​ have always been inconsiderate of neurodivergent children’s needs even before this fidget toy situation too and it’s not cause of other kids.

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Kinda a test for a fidgit toy i made,i plan on making alot of these so i can give them away/sell them at cons!

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I've had nervous habits for as long as I can remember, I'm pretty anxious - my teacher told me off for cracking my knuckles when I was 9 (ten years ago). I still always do things with my hands when I'm around people, which I've been told looks dumb, and I can't stop cracking my fingers. I've tried everything and I really want to stop but it's something I do without thinking, + it makes me calm. Please help me find a way to stop, I know it's not harmful but I don't like doing it.

hi anon,

This is something that a lot of people struggle with and is probably way more normal than you think. I too have so many nervous habits all throughout my life. I have found that having something productive to do with my hands really helps me with this anxiety piece. There are so many fidget toys that are designed just for this, so that would be what I would encourage you to look into those. They are awesome! and they keep your hands busy in a non dangerous ways.

this place has awesome fidget toys. 

 Habits are really hard to break so by starting with replacing it with a toy is a good start. Take it one step at a time. Start by trying to recognize while you are doing it and trying to stop yourself or distract yourself with something else. 

There are other ways to help yourself calm down anon and it is good that you want to stop this habit. 

Here are some exercises you can do that helps to keep you in the present and to control anxiety grounding techniques.  Mental grounding exercises. Physical grounding exercises. Soothing grounding exercises.

we are here to help and support you however we can anon.

Lina