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Hi
There are a number of ‘stim toys’ on the market that might be useful eg: tangles; jewellery; executive type toys and there are fidget spinner types that are less distracting for others. Even a rubber band can help. A Goole search might result in what initially looks a bit childish but I’d advise against using the word ‘adult’ in the search as it tends to link to sex toys.
The student would be able to view a range of stim toys and pick the type that suits their particular need. The specialist providers such as Stimtastic are good but expensive but they can be sourced from eBay and Amazon .
Many of the autistic students who we support have a selection which they carry around with them to use as and when required. Spinning rings seems to be particular popular (or necklaces) as they are discrete and don’t bother anyone.
Hope this helps
Christine
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Simon Jarvis
Sent: 03 October 2018 09:06
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Subject: Re: Tips to Help a Student in Lectures
We had a student with ASD that took up knitting as a strategy to assist with this sort of difficulty; the student’s academic dept. weren’t wild about it, but it would probably be an easier sell then messing around with a smartphone.
I would have thought that so long as the student agreed to sit at the back or somewhere away from the other students any form of (relatively) silent distraction would be a reasonable adjustment.
Kind regards,
Simon Jarvis
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Helen Stocker
Sent: 02 October 2018 14:07
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Subject: Tips to Help a Student in Lectures
Dear All
I have a student with a number of conditions including dyslexia and ADD.
They really struggle to concentrate in class and have found that they concentrate better on the class itself if they are doing something else at the same time. Typically they have tended to go on their computer or phone and go online, but this is not popular with lecturers.
Does anyone have some suggestions of things that the student could do, that wouldn't be OK with their fellow students and lecturer? They have tried a fidget cube, but some of the students find it too noisy.
I'm going to chat with the students' lecturers, but it would be good to go back to the student with some ideas as to what they could do.
Thank you,
Helen.
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