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    This document summarizes concerns about whether fidget spinners are truly helpful or just a distraction. While fidgeting may help some people focus, fidget spinners don't require much movement. They are visually distracting in classrooms. No definitive studies have proven fidget spinners' therapeutic value. Some experts think they could make ADHD symptoms worse. There are also safety concerns about small parts detaching and posing a choking hazard. More research is needed on fidgeting behaviors and suitable classroom alternatives.

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    This document summarizes concerns about whether fidget spinners are truly helpful or just a distraction. While fidgeting may help some people focus, fidget spinners don't require much movement. They are visually distracting in classrooms. No definitive studies have proven fidget spinners' therapeutic value. Some experts think they could make ADHD symptoms worse. There are also safety concerns about small parts detaching and posing a choking hazard. More research is needed on fidgeting behaviors and suitable classroom alternatives.

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    STUDENTS CORNER
    LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    Are fidget spinners really helpful?
    Maha Jahangir, Roha Saeed Memon, Maria Noor

    Madam, the fidget spinners are devices/toys that have movements increases activity in the frontal and the
    gained a lot of popularity recently amongst people of prefrontal areas of the brain that helps sustain attention.
    different age groups, especially school going children. They But the fidget spinners do not involve gross body
    are believed to be good for conditions like ADHD and movements which is why the question arises if they are
    autism due to their fidgeting property.1-4 An attribute which really helpful for therapeutic purposes?
    has been noted to dispel nervous energy or psychological
    stress, since fidgeting with an object in the hand has been Incidence regarding kids choking on some of the spinner's
    proven to be helpful in retaining and contributing to an small parts have been recently reported.4,5 Consumer
    individual's attention while carrying out a long task. Product Safety Commission should look into the hazards of
    However, there has not yet been a definitive study children choking on parts that pop out of a fidget spinner.
    regarding the impact of these toys in the research world. Neither peer reviewed studies nor scientific evidences
    prove the therapeutic evidences of fidget spinners up to
    Fidget toys have been available for kids for quite some date. Fidgeting behavior and objects should be studied in
    time. Some experts do believe that fidget items can detail by the researchers in order to provide enough
    provide brain stimulation to the children, in order to evidences regarding its therapeutic usage.
    counteract hyperactivity in the classroom, while other
    experts are of the view that these spinners might be a Disclaimer: The article is not published or in process in
    harmful distraction.2 "Things that are routine or have any other journal.
    some demand, it's much harder for children with ADHD to Conflict of Interest: The author(s) declared no potential
    be able to pay attention. And so, [the spinner] may well conflicts of interest with respect to the research,
    make things worse for them," said Dr. Mark Wolraich, a authorship, and/or publication of this article.
    behavioral pediatrician at Oklahoma University Health
    Sciences Center.3 Funding Disclosure: The author(s) have no support or
    funding to report.
    The fidget spinners are visually distracting for the user as
    well as the surrounding people, since hand-eye References
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