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Reader Stories: Bullying of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Teens

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Updated April 17, 2010

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Sometimes deaf and hard of hearing children are bullied. I was bullied myself. It had a profound effect, destroying my self-esteem and traumatizing me. Odyssey, a publication for parents and teachers of deaf and hard of hearing, devoted an entire issue to bullying. How can parents help? What bullying experiences have deaf and hard of hearing people had?

Was Called Leprechaun

It never actually stopped per se, but kind of mellowed out and slowed down a pace. As I got older my voice was more clear and it wasn't as obvious that I was deaf/hard of hearing. I never once fought…More

Black, Deaf, and Bullied

The bullying had....slowed down. it stopped for a while but i still freak out about it whenever it is mentioned around me. I started to not take it personally because when someone would say "Shes dea…More

Bullied for Five Years

Grew unhappy and tired being assaulted different student I tried to be nice to them. They do not nice to me. Impossible to solution for long time. I did reported and complained .. No one listen to m…More

Deaf Can Bully Deaf

Of course about destroying self esteem and traumatizing were true but also depression sometimes. It was only short time for me cuz I was gladly moved out of there to back calif. after one year. Then…More

Making Fun of Lipreading

At that time I had no idea what to do and assumed everyone felt the same way. I just walked away from them trying not to cry in public and I would talk to my mother about it when I got home from scho…More

Humiliated for Years

My loving parents, who naturally talked loud, thought my sometimes ignoring them was normal child/adolescent behavior. My Mom got in good with my educators and my Dad told me that I'm better than the…More

Watch Out for the Signs

There was no coping experience. Fortunately, the next door neighbor was the art teacher at the school and after 4 months of torture he saw it happening. He came to quiz me and I broke down and anothe…More

Sometimes Beaten Up

Talking with others about it almost never did anything. The only time it did was when I came home with bruises on me and some hair was cut. The principal came down pretty hard on the kids.But even th…More

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