Using a Standing Desk with a Swinging Footrest and Visual Scales to Support a Student with Autism in the Classroom. This case study explains how one student benefited from using the standing position in kindergarten. It improved his on-task time in the classroom. The study gives a lot of related scientific background information on exercise to justify trialing this intervention with students with autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Further explanations of therapy testing,