It’s time to reach out this Anti-Bullying Week
We sat down with the director of the Anti-Bullying Alliance, Martha Evans, to learn more about the importance of Anti-Bullying Week and finding solutions.
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Challenging bullying attitudes this Anti-Bullying Week
Disabled children are three times more likely to experience bullying compared with their non-disabled peers. Experts reveal exactly why, and what must be done to change attitudes towards disability, to prevent all forms of bullying.
People with a learning disability are experiencing social isolation because of disability
During Learning Disability Week (17 – 23 June) it is a time to raise awareness of learning disability and get people connected. However, new research from Mencap has found that bullying is causing more people with learning disabilities to experience isolation.
Channel 4 is highlighting the abusive comments left online to make people aware of their actions
Specially edited adverts that appear across Channel 4 have been edited to feature abusive comments posted about actors involved. The new adverts will be screened…
Should we let disabled children win? #StandUpToBullying
In the last week 10-year-old Daniel Boyers shot to online fame when his classmates let him win a school sports race. This may seem out of the ordinary…
Disabled young people that identify as LGBT+ bullied and silenced in our schools
“People think you can be disabled or LGBT but not both” The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), hosted by leading children’s charity National Children’s Bureau, is publishing new resources for…
Four in 10 young people say they’ve witnessed a disabled person being bullied
Two thirds of young people said they would have the confidence to step in to help a disabled person being bullied Scouts are even more…
Met Film School and Mencap produce Anti-Bullying Week video featuring young actors with a learning disability
For Anti-bullying Week 2015, students from the Met Film School in London have created a short video with the learning disability charity Mencap, with many of…
Autism Together’s ‘mate crime’ campaign takes off
High profile autism champions Dame Stephanie Shirley and Anna Kennedy, OBE, have given their support to a campaign against ‘mate crime’, the bullying of vulnerable…
Bus Bullying – a horrible journey, yet daily routine for some
Amy Clarke, who has a learning disability, is a Digital Assistant at the learning disability charity Mencap. It was an ordinary Wednesday evening and I was…
Ignorance towards blind people being passed from generation to generation
43% of children with a vision impairment have been bullied at school Verbal and physical abuse of children with sight loss a common occurrence in…
New advice for parents of deaf children to beat bullying
Parents of deaf children are being offered support and advice to help beat bullying, through a new guide launched today [Monday 21 July] by the…
Brandon Trust’s 100 Voices event on personal safety and disability
MORE than 100 people with learning disabilities from across the South West and London will be gathering in Bristol on June 15 for a special…
“Schools must take action so that children with autism feel safe”
Figures released today, as part of a nation-wide survey, showed that a staggering 97% of autistic children are seen by their parents and carers as…