Forum (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 26, 2008
Getting Tough on Bullying
WT Failing to protect a child from verbal and or emotional abuse based on his or her disability may be tantamount to a form of discrimination, writes Areva D. Martin. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Areva D. Martin The recent suicide of special needs high school student Jeremiah Lassiter, 15, in Acton, Calif., is a tragic reminder of the urgent need for education and advocacy for similar students throughout America. Lassiter, a high school junior varsity football player, shot himself in a campus bathroom on Oct. 20 after relentless bullying and taunting by fellow students at Vasquez High, the only public high school in...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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