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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 08:36 AM Sep 2012

School Bullies Prey on Children with Autism

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/school-bullies-prey-on-children-with-autism/?ref=health



Connie Anderson didn’t know what was bothering her 17-year-old son, a Baltimore-area high school senior with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. He was usually a diligent student, but his grades began to plummet.

“He was starting to go downhill fast,” Ms. Anderson said. “His grades were crashing, and he wasn’t able to focus.”

At a meeting with school counselors, the teenager finally spoke up, confessing that he was being bullied by students in the cafeteria. Once, they had pulled his pants down to his knees in front of his class.

While the problem of school bullying has received national attention, with many states passing anti-bullying legislation and school districts adopting anti-bullying programs, a troubling new pattern has emerged among victims. Research published on Monday in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine shows that children with autism spectrum disorders, who typically have difficulty in communicating and forming relationships, are far more likely to be bullied than their non-autistic peers.
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School Bullies Prey on Children with Autism (Original Post) xchrom Sep 2012 OP
chris christie barbtries Sep 2012 #1
School bullies prey on any kid who is at all different Warpy Sep 2012 #2
Or handy and vulnerable looking. bemildred Sep 2012 #3
No shit, I know this from personal experience. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #4
I don't have Asperger's, but this is just sad. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #5

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
1. chris christie
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 08:45 AM
Sep 2012

what a role model for our children. joe walsh too. gw bush the inane warmonger. children have always been mean to each other but their adults are supposed to use those occasions as learning opportunities, opportunities for growth and empathy. makes me so sad.

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
5. I don't have Asperger's, but this is just sad.
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:35 AM
Sep 2012

TBH, I had my pants pulled down once, but it was actually just me and a couple casual buddies messing around and stuff. All in good fun.....but this poor Anderson fellow was clearly being bullied.

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