Study finds widespread bullying of children with autism
November 17th, 2009From the Boston Herald:
A parent survey by the nonprofit Massachusetts Advocates for Children finds that nearly 90 percent of children with autism had been targeted by bullying.
The survey … includes painful testimony from parents of autistic children who felt so tortured they stayed home from school for extended periods and even considered suicide.
“We were frankly shocked by the magnitude of the problem,” said attorney Julia Landau, director of the Autism Special Education Legal Support Center at MAC. “It took our breath away.”
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