Disabled children 'more likely to be bullied'

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Research by London University’s Institute of Education finds that Primary school children in England with special educational needs are twice as likely as other children to endure persistent bullying.

The study found that 12% of seven-year-olds with special needs felt bullied all the time, compared with 6% of non-disabled peers.

It says these children have the “double disadvantage” of disability and of bullying during critical life periods.

The report says: 

“Disabled children and young people in England are facing the ‘double disadvantage’ of the consequences linked to their disability as well as of bullying, during critical periods in their school careers and development.”

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