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What is Fidget spinner ?

Recently the world is going crazy behind fidget spinner, a type of toy, marketers claim it relieves stress. The basic design of spinner consist of bearing in the center to make it rotate easily and which can be made with variety of material and should be heave at tips.  The toy has been advertised as helping people who have trouble with focusing or fidgeting (such as those with ADHD, autism, or anxiety) by acting as a release mechanism for nervous energy or psychological stress.


Origin and popularity
They were invented somewhere in  1990s but  got popularity as a toy in 2017. They are  marketed with claims of health benefits because of that it become popular among all age group. Because of more popularity among children and  the toy began being used by school children, Resulted to banned on various school. Other schools are allowing the toy to be used discreetly by children, presumably to help them concentrate.
According to  media outlets such as The Guardian, The New York Times, and the New York Post, ]Catherine Hettinger, a chemical engineer by training, was the inventor of the fidget spinner, According to her as mentioned by  New York Post that the idea for the toy came as she saw young boys throwing rocks at police officers in Israel. In response to seeing that, she wanted to develop a soothing toy that could help children release pent-up energy and "promote peace." However, she told The Guardian that the origins of the fidget spinner came when she was suffering from myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder that causes muscle weakness.Unable to play with her daughter, she started "throwing things together with newspaper and tape" in an effort to entertain her. It soon gained moderate popularity as she began small-scale manufacturing from her home and sold her invention around art fairs in Florida.


Though it got its popularity among the internet users only after December 23, 2016, when  James Plafke of Forbes published an article "must-have office toy for 2017" including fidget spinner.
In late March, users on social media websites such as YouTube and Reddit began uploading videos reviewing and performing tricks with fidget spinners.The Boston Globe reported that fidget toys in general "entered the mainstream" with the related Fidget Cube toy also rising in popularity.Several sellers on Etsy were reported to be creating and selling customized spinner designs


Do it really work ?


Fidget spinner are marketed saying they are best for  relieving stress toys with  benefits for individuals with ADHD, autism, or anxiety. While reporting their effects for individuals with ADHD, CNN cited Elaine Taylor-Klaus, the co-founder of Impact ADHD, a coaching service for children with attention disorders and their parents. Taylor-Klaus stated "For some people [with ADHD], there's a need for constant stimulation. What a fidget allows some people — not all people — with ADHD to do is to focus their attention on what they want to focus on, because there's sort of a background motion that's occupying that need." referenced two occupational therapists interviewed by WTOP, Katherine Ross-Keller and Stephen Poss. Ross-Keller stated, "Fidgets are great tools for kids who need them, as long as there are ground rules set up with the child and educator in advance, and as long as the child can follow the rules."
Source * wikipedia “


While these spinners are relatively new in Canada, countries around the world have already begun taking action and banning them in classrooms.According to SpinnerList, a fidget spinner database, 32 per cent of the top 200 American high schools (the 100 largest private and 100 largest public schools, according to the Department of Education) have already banned the gadgets, or plan to.Schools in the U.K. are banning them as well for being too distracting, The Independent reports.In Canada, however, many schools have yet to take an official position on fidget spinners.According to The Guardian, fidget spinners were designed by Catherine Hettinger of Florida in the 1990s. Its primary purpose was to help those with ADHD and autism.
Source * http://globalnews.ca

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