Bullying: An Increased Risk For Children With a Disability October Is National Bullying Prevention Month
Children who have a physical, sensory, or intellectual disability are at an increased risk of bullying due to stigma, negative traditional beliefs, and misunderstanding by other children. They face an increased risk of violence, teasing, and harassment. Assistance for Parents and Teachers School personnel and family members working with children who are deaf, blind, or deaf-blind have access to a free-loan library of captioned and described educational media. Media is distributed in DVD form as well as through Internet streaming by the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP). DCMP has several titles available for its members use.
I Was Cyberbullied	Why Do Bullies Bully? What Bullies Do	Internet Bullies: What Is It?
DCMP's Stop Bullying Flyer [PDF]
Additional Resources
Tip Sheet: What Should You Do if Your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child is Bullied? Print Version Web Version		Tip Sheet: What Should You Do if Your Blind or Visually Impaired Child is Bullied? Print Version Web Version
Pacer Bullying Center Videos What Bullying Is How Bullying Feels What You Can Do		National Bullying Prevention Month Video
	For more information visit the National Bullying Prevention Center http://www.pacer.org/bullying/
Captioning ("C") is a text version of the existing narration or dialogue for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing, also identifying the speaker and important sound effects. Description ("D") is additional narration for viewers who are blind or visually impaired, providing translations of images into spoken words that are inserted into pauses in a video's original sound track.

The Described and Captioned Media Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the National Association of the Deaf. The contents of this page were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Cooperative Agreement #H327N060002. However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Ernest Hairston.