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STANDING UP TO BULLYING

Kids with autism are especially vulnerable

November 22, 2009

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CHILDREN WITH autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, are bullied at astonishing rates in schools across the Commonwealth. Nearly 90 percent of parents of children with ASD who responded to an online survey conducted by Massachusetts Advocates for Children reported that their children had been bullied. In addition to verbal taunting and mimicking of tics and behaviors, more than half the ... (Full article: 209 words)

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