Autism Spectrum Disorder

The bullying gets worse and worse, it all starts in Elementary school, “they may worry that the disability is contagious or wonder something is wrong with them”(Bonnie). Around the teenage years, there siblings will worry about their reputation, “ children this age (teen) may be embarrassed by their siblings”(Bonnie). When autistic students get bullied for something that they can not help it affects them, “ He’s been more unhappy at home too-mom”(Bonnie). People everywhere want to help, “ protest have been launched to improve services for autistic children”(Geelong). Everywhere, everyday an autistic child gets bullied, with an autistic school it will help prevent children with this disorder be

This article reviews the characteristics of bullying among students with emotional disturbance disorder in New Jersey private schools. The subpopulation of students shares a diagnosis of severe psychological impairments. The study addresses the results of four hundred and seven students in grades 6 through 10 who anonymously participated in the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire. The data indicates that students with the attention deficit disorder, oppositional/conduct disorder or depression have a greater propensity to engage in bully and victimization incidents. Researchers believe that children diagnosed with emotional disturbance disorder are more likely to be placed in private educational facilities because public schools are not adequately equipped to serve these individuals.

Bullying is defined as “verbal, physical, or psychological abuse or teasing accompanied by real or perceived imbalance of power” and is usually targets what children perceive as different (Olweus, 1993). Bullying is prevalent across the nation. It has devastating effects on students each day. Bullying is a problem for all students, regardless of race, gender or class. The National Education Association reports that 160,000 children are absent intentionally from school each day because they fear being bullied whether it is an attack or just intimidation by other students. This accounts for 15% of all school absenteeism (Hunter, 2012). Dan Olweus (1993) from the National School Safety Center tells us that bullying includes three parts: (1)

Bullying has been recognized as a risk factor in improvement and personal growth of children and adulthood. It is a form of hostile conduct in which an individual engages to cause another individual harm or distress (Kirves, & Sajaniemi, 2012).. Therefore, it is vital to be able to detect signs of bullying in order to stop further consequences, such as self-harm, and suicide. Children who have experienced bullying become hopeless, anxious, have low self-efficacy, and have recurrent negative thoughts (Kirves, & Sajaniemi, 2012). Research in bullying has also concluded that children who bully other children are more prone to become anti-social and engage in criminal activity (Kirves, & Sajaniemi, 2012).

Bullies are often insecure teens themselves, and many bullies suffer from teen depression as well. Teens are more at risk of being bullied than others, including teens with special needs. Being perceived as different from the greatest peer group is one of the main reasons for depression in teens, and bullies tend to target teens who are different from them in some way. It is important for parents and school officials to look out for the warning signs that a teen is being bullied based on his or her race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or religion. Just because a teen has one or more risk factors for bullying does not mean that action needs to be taken, but it does mean that the adults in the teen’s life should look for signs that there is a problem at

This article explores the prevalence rates of bullying victimization among special needs students in the United States. The researchers describe bullying victimization as the misuse and abuse of power to harm or humiliate an individual over time. Investigators have reported a higher rate of bullying and victimization among students with disabilities when compared with mainstream peers. Special needs students are prey for bullies because of characteristics related to their disabilities. Many students diagnosed with developmental delay lack social and communication skills. Disabilities such as autism, specific learning disorders, emotional disorders or attention deficit disorders may cause an individual to behave in a variety of ways. These students behaviors may be perceived as withdrawn,

Often children with autistic spectrum disorder are omitted from mainstream classrooms or have limited interactions with their typical learning school mates possibly due to the extra time and energy it takes teachers to manage the anti-social behaviors often associated with the disorder. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often identified by the impairment of the ability to form normal social relationships, by the impairment of the capability to communicate with others, and by repetitive behavior patterns. People with ASD are prone to resist or easily anger at changes in their daily routine. Since they often lack or avoid eye contact, prefer to be alone and don 't often recognize social cues, ASD

According to Carago et al. (2014), children on the spectrum struggle to thrive in social settings due to compromised ability to communicate, sharing with others, and acknowledging as well as responding to other people’s feelings. In addition, when participating in conversation, children on the spectrum often focus on specific topics, disregarding what the other person would like to talk about. Typically developing children may reject autistic peers, deeming them as socially awkward and believing their rigid behavior is rude. Peer rejection causes those with ASD to deal with severe feelings of social isolation. Deficits in social functioning makes it especially difficult for children with autism spectrum disorders to participate in class activities and learning through teacher and peer interactions (Camargo et al., 2014). Poor academic performance, peer rejection, social isolation, and social anxiety in those with high functioning autism is often contributed to insufficient social skills (Camargo et al., 2014). As mainstream schools are highly social in nature, children with ASD can struggle to learn in such settings without adequate social

Schools around the world offer educational opportunities for their students; which offer many opportunities for social cooperations for the youth. These social opportunities likewise offer many opportunities, one being for children to become victims of bullying.

Several children with disabilities and without disabilities are being bullied. But, what is very upsetting is that children with disabilities are being bullied more than children without. Bullying of children with special needs were 14% victims of bullying and 8% were bullies: whereas, children in regular education, setting were 12% victims of bullying and 5% were bullies (Ervin 4). Also, all studies found that children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to be victims of bullying than their non-disabled peers (Ervin 5). Children with disabilities have a target on their back because they are more susceptible to bullying. Their social disabilities make them more shy and passive compared to children without social disabilities. Not only social disabilities but children with learning disabilities are

Violence has increasingly grown in our nation in the last 5 years. It has entered every facet of the lives of youth, from social media, television, and especially in the school system. One of the biggest problem that exist in the school system today is bullying. This type of misbehavior can cause the school climate to be unconducive to learning. Bullying can also have a negative effect on not just the regular student, but the exceptional education student as well. Because of the growing epidemic (trend) of bullying, it is a need to further research the effects that bullying has on the special education student. These facts lead to the proposed research topic, “Bullying Interventions that support exceptional education students”. The following literature review will attempt to support the proposed topic.

Sadly, parents have reported that schools have done next to nothing to stop the bullying. In fact, two in three parents said schools did barely anything to protect their autistic kids. Usually the type of bullying is violent however, it can include threats, verbal abuse, and humiliating the victim. www.pacer.org,a credible source, says that children are two in three times more likely to be bullied than their peers without disabilities. As evidence of how intense this problem has become, the state of Massachusetts passed a law about it. The law sent individualized education plan teams to help stop the bullying of disabled kids. If the bystanders stood up it would make a huge difference. When a peer of the victim stands up it is 50% more likely to stop. Studies have shown during the course of two years the bullying stayed the same. It did not increase or decrease. It is absolutely appalling that some educators would allow this inappropriate behavior to

The victims of bullying tend to experience psychological problems such as low self-esteem, anxiety and depression. Following these undesirable emotions, victims are most likely to avoid people, drop out from school, act out, and consume drugs and alcohol. Recently bullying has received a great amount of attention among research as well as the media. This is because bullying is happening more frequently, and it is

An estimated 1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls are diagnosed with autism in the United States (Autism Speaks, n.d.). Can be diagnosed in all racial and ethnic groups, as well as every age group. In the 2013 publication of DSM-5 diagnostic manual, Asperger syndrome, Autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder- not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) were merged into one category of ASD. This paper will explain what Autism Spectrum Disorder is, causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, clinical trials and what it is like living with someone with Autism (Autism Society, n.d.).

Bullying is everywhere; it takes place in the home, office, cyberspace and schools; bullying is especially common in schools. Schools are supposed to be a haven for children to learn and build educational and social skills. However, the ill effects of bullying are disrupting children’s education, social skills, and lives. According to a youth risk and behavior survey (2011), approximately 20% of students in grades nine through twelve have been bullied (Heintz 1).