[blindkid] Bullying the blind

[Arielle Silverman]

All those things are awful. Talking to the principal and the
perpetrators' parents is right on. When I was 13, a boy in my class
sent me an email which stated rather explicitly that I used my cane
for sexual gratification. My father called the boy's parents and he
was grounded from the Internet for a month. After that he never
bothered me again. I suspect that if the parents hadn't gotten
involved, nothing would have happened.
Arielle

On 4/9/13, Julie Yanez <jyanez112 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hahaha!! Go Lauren. Although I won't show my brat how to do that, I also
> won't be too upset if she picks it up.
> One kid hit my girl in the face for "staring at him". Uh...she's blind.
> Then the following week another student told her she can't play a game and
> she needed to leave. That she was "an awkward blind girl that can't see
> anyway." I was furious. The icing on the cake was yesterday. My girl went
> to the bathroom at recess and was followed by one of the tormenters. This
> other girl went into the stall next to my girl's, stepped on the toilet,
> and was looking over the top into her stall. Mind you my daughter is on her
> monthly cycle. She now feels soo violated that someone else saw her. She
> even told me she doesn't want to use the bathroom at school anymore. This
> has been soo exhausting. I'm doing my best to be calm when talking to her.
> I ripped the principal and this students mother a new one already.
> On Apr 9, 2013 3:37 PM, <jim at riversedgehomes.com> wrote:
>
>> My daughter, Lauren, informed me of an incident months after its
>> occurrence. She was being hassled daily on the bus by another fourth
>> grader. He would harass her regularly by stopping her in the aisle and
>> asking her "How many fingers am I holding up??"
>>
>> After weeks of embarrassment, one day when he asked her that same
>> question, she held up her middle finger and asked him, "How many fingers
>> am I holding up??"
>>
>> He never bothered her again.
>>
>> > Hi listers,
>> > As we all know, ppl can be mean at times. My daughter is 11 and
>> > currently
>> > I'm having to deal more and more with kids at school being bullies. Its
>> > even gotten to point of being physically bullied. I'm now fighting with
>> > the
>> > school district to do something drastic. I'm livid. There have been 3
>> > separate incidents in less then 2 weeks now.
>> > As a parent in itself, and a mother to a blind child, I need help with
>> how
>> > I should ease her through all this. I don't want scare her or give her
>> > false hope that this will end. I know someone will always have
>> > something
>> > to
>> > say about her. Have any of you all have had to have the "bully" talk?
>> What
>> > are some "do and don't" say things?
>> >
>> > Thank you all.
>> > Julie
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