Most disabled children get bullied...)o:

Eight of out 10 disabled children bullied, report finds - Guardian

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"Children and young people with learning disabilities are more likely to face bullying than their peers, according to the charity Mencap.

In a report published today, the charity found that 82% of children with learning disabilities are bullied and 79% are scared to go out because they are frightened they might be bullied.

These figures have risen since last year, when 69% of children surveyed by Bullying Online said they had been bullied.

Mencap's survey of more than 500 children with learning disabilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland found that 58% had been physically hurt by bullies, while 27% said they had been bullied for three years or more. Some 36% of the children surveyed said the bullying did not stop when they told someone.

More than half of the children surveyed who had been bullied (53%) said they stayed away from places where they had been taunted in the past and 56% said they cried as a result of bullying, with 33% hiding in their rooms.

Mencap says bullying linked to disability wrecks children's lives and leads to social exclusion in childhood and adulthood. Its campaign, Don't stick it, stop it!, launches today, and the charity wants to push the government to take disablist bullying as seriously as all other forms of prejudice-based attacks."


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