I found a public school, a grade school for me; it was very difficult, because as you said, I was different, very different from my classmates, so that meant there was a lot of bullying and teasing, and even till today we find that more people than not on the autism spectrum are bullied in school, and I believe the resolution to this problem is education. Education and developing awareness in students at the grade school level of people who have differences. Because, with greater awareness, with explanations as to why their classmate might be behaving in a certain way and doing a certain thing, comes the power to be of help. I’ve seen situations where the child whose diagnosis of autism was explained to a classroom, where work has been done in appreciating and understanding differences – the classmates become helpful to that student and bullying decreases sharply.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:36:43 +0000