Last summer, the spinners were all marked 75 percent off and the craze seemed over. But was there something to the idea that a fidget toy could help a person—especially one who struggles with ADHD symptoms—maintain attention and do better with his work?

“My worry is that they’re very much a distraction, not only to the child, but it distracts people from https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/fidget-toys-and-adhd-still-paying-attention/https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/fidget-toys-and-adhd-still-paying-attention/doing something that we know works,” says Mark Stein, PhD, ABPP, of the PEARL Clinic/ADHD and Related Disorders Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

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