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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there exemptions for kids who use phones for medical reasons like to monitor blood sugar or anxiety?[/quote]

Anxiety is not a valid excuse. Blood sugar, I get that. But allowing a kid to retreat to their phone because they’re anxious and have music blasting in their head all the time because they “need it” is making it worse. The phones feed the isolation and anxiety and then kids are told they need the phone for the anxiety the phone helps create. [/quote]

I was going to ask how phones help for anxiety but you answered at least one way- music, but could just noise canceling headphones work?[/quote]

Sure. I have had students with disabilities who have the use of noise canceling headphones *not during instructional time* written into their IEP and that tends to work very well for them, particularly if they have ASD/ADHD/AudHd. What is NOT written into IEPs is “my kid should be allowed to use their phone whenever they want in class,” and your average parent who is going to claim “my kid needs their phone for anxiety” is not even dealing with a kid with disabilities and an actual IEP with accommodations designed to help the student access the curriculum.

Maintaining constant access to the freaking phone is FEEDING anxiety, not supporting it. [/quote]

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