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By Terri Mauro, About.com Guide to Special Children since 2004

Question of the Day: Bullying

Tuesday December 20, 2005
My daughter is being harassed on a regular basis by boys who call her stupid, an idiot, and uncool. One of them is her own little brother, and although I make it clear to him that it's not okay, I know that his diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder makes it difficult for him to stop words as they rush headlong from his head out his mouth. The other is a fellow special-education student who ... well, who I'm pretty sure has a very similar diagnosis to my son's. It's a real quandary for a special-needs parent who can see both sides of the equation, and feel sympathy for both the learning-disabled girl who's being bullied and the behavior-disabled boy who's doing the bullying. Does your child have problems with bullying at school, on either end of that spectrum? Click on the response that's closest to your situation, and use your browser's back button to choose more than one.
1) Yes, my child is bullied all the time
2) Yes, my child has had trouble with bullies from time to time
3) Yes, my child has had an incident with a bully
4) Yes, my child has been bullied by teachers
5) Yes, my child has been accused of being a bully
6) My child has not reported any problems
7) My child has not reported any problems, but may be having some
8) Other
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