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Study: Autistic Are Targets for Bullies
When it comes to bullying, a new study shows some kids with autism are more frequently the targets.
FOX News Radio’s Lilian Woo has details:
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Close to half of all teenagers with autism spectrum disorder are bullied at school, according to a survey of their parents. That compared to the estimated 11% of bullied kids in the general population. The results, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Previous studies finding bullied kids tend to be more depressed, lonely and anxious, and do worse in school that those not picked on. Researchers suggesting schools should target their anti-bullying campaigns toward the more vulnerable groups of students.
Lilian Woo, FOX News Radio.
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September 13, 2012 at 9:12 pm
San DIego News Channel 10 September 13th, 2012, 5pm news, just aired a PATHETIC story about a mom who killed her 5 yr old autistic son and the news casters seem sympathetic! And the news reporter even interviews another mom of autistic teen who is in Autism Society Groups, and who ALSO seems sympathetic! As if not disgusting enough, the friend of the mom who killed her autistic kid, is then interviewed, and you guessed it…she’s sympathetic. Stop and think. The kid was 5 years old. There are thousands of parents living with severely-autistic children and adults who are in there 30′s and 40′s and you don’t see these parents kill their kids. SHAME on San Diego news channel 10 for MINIMIZING the seriousness of killing or abusing autistic people. What a disgrace. What is this teaching public?
That the autistic person isn’t worthy of living?
That seems to be the message when people grow tired of hearing about populations that have special needs. We better gear up people and fight back because our kids are going to be abused and killed and the public is being primed to accept this, so the state and feds don’t have to spend money to help them. It’s psychological ops at its first stage.
Way to go San Diego Channel News 10. Way to advocate for autistic population. What a DANGEROUS message to send public. SHAME on CHannel 10 news, Why didn’t you interview an expert in autism ADVOCACY that defends the autistics abused and killed?