How Prevalent Is Bullying Towards Kids with Special Needs?

How Prevalent Is Bullying Towards Kids with Special Needs? (0:26)

Kids with special needs like autism have a greater chance of being bullied explains, HealthMaker and cofounder of SNAP, Matthew Certner. In this video he talks about the statistics of bullying nationwide and the need to address this problem.

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The average national rate is around 11% for kids that get bullied and the Autism Interactive Network or the Interactive Autism Network reported the numbers are 62% for special needs kids being bullied so overall statistics wise you see that kids with special needs are more likely to be bullied, and that's where the education that's where we've seen it necessary it's why we do the training.