“These results paint a fairly bleak picture for students
with disabilities in terms of bullying, victimization and disciplinary
actions,” wrote Susan Swearer, a professor of school psychology at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln who led the study.
Children with hearing, language, or speech challenges showed
the greatest amount of participation in bullying. Kids with learning challenges showed fewer
examples of bullying. Children with
challenges also remained a focus of bullying at any grade level.
This report is just one of the many in recent years that
examined children in modified education and bullying. A report completed in 2011 centered on children
and physical health care needs. Results
demonstrated that children with these types of needs felt unsafe at school.
Disturburing Findings: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/06/28/study-both-ends-bullying/15943/