Calm Body Tool
What do you notice right now? Choose the closest match to what you are seeing or feeling. You do not need to figure out why first.
A free visual calming tool for sensory overload, restlessness, worry, shutdown, task frustration, and other moments when the next step is hard to find. Designed for anyone, including autistic people and people with ADHD.
You are not diagnosing the behavior. You are matching what is happening with one support to try.
Free calming and sensory regulation support
The Accessible Hive Calm Body Tool is a free interactive visual support that helps a person notice what is happening, choose one low pressure strategy, and try it for a short amount of time. It can be used at home, at school, during homeschool, in therapy, or anywhere a simple next step may help.
How do I use this calming tool?
Start with the description that best matches what you notice. The tool suggests a few simple options, such as movement, quiet, space, a smaller task, or two choices. Try one support at a time and notice what changes.
Can this be used for autism, ADHD, or sensory overload?
Yes. The tool was designed to be useful for many people, including autistic people and people with ADHD, while avoiding the assumption that one strategy works for everyone. It offers general support ideas rather than diagnosis or medical treatment.
Is the Calm Body Tool free?
Yes. It is free to use online, requires no login, and includes short visual supports and timed activities.
What kinds of regulation strategies are included?
Options include heavy work and movement, reducing sensory input, creating space, checking basic needs, making a task smaller, offering choices, changing how someone responds to work, and taking a quiet pause.
Try one thing
Pick the easiest option that fits right now.
Want an interactive sensory activity?Open the Sensory Hive virtual room
This tool offers general support ideas, not medical advice. A sudden or unusual change can also reflect pain, illness, medication effects, poor sleep, hunger, or another health need.