Using weighted blankets may help reduce anxiety in children with ASD, ADHD, ... This weighted bed sheet reportedly helps relieve stress or anxiety, particularly in children with autism or ADHD.

Studies with weighted blankets have demonstrated positive results for several conditions, including autism, ADHD, and anxiety. They may help calm a restless body, reduce feelings of anxiety, and ...

Weighted blankets provide gentle pressure (akin to the feeling of being held or hugged) that can help calm your nervous system, reduce feelings of stress and anxiety, and even improve sleep quality.

Weighted blankets may help some people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or ADHD who are overstimulated by noise around them. At bedtime, the blanket’s pressure may help them feel safe and ...

We got to the bottom of whether weighted blankets—the recently popularized devices—really work for most people, and what the science says about them.

Weighted blankets are hardly new. Companies have been making them for decades and they've long been used to help soothe children with autism spectrum disorder.. These days though, the list of ...

Another study on 67 children with autism found the weighted blanket didn’t affect their sleep at all – but the children and their parents preferred it to a regular blanket.

Another study on 67 children with autism found the weighted blanket didn’t affect their sleep at all – but the children and their parents preferred it to a regular blanket.

Another study on 67 children with autism found the weighted blanket didn’t affect their sleep at all – but the children and their parents preferred it to a regular blanket.