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Kickstarter is hosting a product that parents of neurdiverse children are supposed to stick on their child's back.

That device will then beep every 8 seconds which is supposed to help the child to focus.

As a neurodiverse person, I can tell you that this device would not only ruin every chance of me focusing on anything, being forced to wear it would make me kill myself. I am not exaggerating here.

This is one of the worst forms of torture aimed directly at neurodiverse people I could imagine.

Here's a change.org petition to stop the sale of this: change.org/p/kickstarter-stop-

I doubt the petition will do much but the campaign does explicitly break a rule on kickstarter banning the sale of medical devices so maybe reporting it (it is linked in the petition) might help.

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@dysphoricunicorn Any NTs who don't get why this is a bad idea: Put a pair of earbuds in, set your EQ (if you have one) to icepick (boosted highs, cut mids and lows) and play Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up at the same time as a fire alarm for 18 years straight. Sound enticing?

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