[blindkid] Bullying the blind

[Barbara Hammel]

For a few summers in upper elementary I had a set of twin boys who tormented 
me at the public pool, calling names and such.  My siblings and I saw them 
at the summer theater and they sat behind me and relentlously called me 
""blind bat" till I turned around and told them that if I was blind as a 
bat, that must mean I see quite well because they do in the dark.  (Whether 
true or not, they shut up.  I had nice days of swimming and my sighted 
brother no longer felt compelled to call them "sighted creeps."  Kids always 
used to stare at us when we'd walk to the movie theater too so my siblings 
would turn to them and either say, "take a picture, it lasts longer" or 
"stare, stare like a bear.  Eyeballs in your underwear."  (That's my 
personal favorite.  LOL!

If your daughter has friends she can trust, maybe she should have them go to 
the bathroom with her.  Better yet, next time tell her to ask the girl if 
she's never seen anyone have her period and offer to show her.  It'll 
probably gross her out.  (*Sigh* but you never know what kind of backlash 
that could have either.)
Barbara




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-----Original Message----- 
From: Julie Yanez
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 5:48 PM
To: Support For The Blind:)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Bullying the blind

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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