I gave my 16yo ADHD kid an mp3 player with hours of “ADHD focus” music on it.

It’s proven very useful a few times where a few ND-unaware teachers have confiscated phones that the ND kids use to help them focus.

They don’t get it to use it whenever they want but there are some situations where they are allowed to use it and where having a phone is tricky given the lack of trust some teachers have.

Old school technology fallbacks are sometimes useful. Who knew.

Having all been in high school, I think we can all agree that lack of trust is warranted. Not for every kid, but for enough of them that blanket rules make sense. We also don’t allow students to use the calculator app on their phone for tests, and instead make them buy the “old school technology fallback” version.

An MP3 player seems like a good compromise, and far cheaper than the phone they’re replacing.