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A European ERASMUS+ project to tackle Disablist Bullying

Disablist bullying is when people are bullied because they have a disability.

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What is disablist bullying?

Disablist bullying may be carried out by both those with and without a disability and includes similar types of bullying such as physical, verbal, gesture, exclusion and extortion bullying.

Did you know?

The National Disability Authority (NDA) found that individuals with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), are more likely to be bullied that individuals without SEND.

Exclusion vs Inclusion

People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities are often excluded in and outside social situations because people don’t understand a person’s disability.

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Disablist bullying is harmful as it is based on prejudice and targets may not know how to seek support or express what they are experiencing.

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RECENT NEWS & EVENTS

DisAbuse Project presentation at DCU

By DisAbuse on Fri, 10/05/2018 - 16:34

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Workshop on bullying and cyberbullying: the vulnerability of students with SEN/D.

By DisAbuse on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 14:50

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DisAbuse Training Course and Manual

By DisAbuse on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 14:48

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Trans-national Country Report on Disablist Bullying

By DisAbuse on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 14:41

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INTERNATIONAL DISABUSE SEMINAR IN MURCIA,spain

By DisAbuse on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 12:18

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INTERNATIONAL DISABUSE SEMINAR IN MURCIA,spain

The third DISABUSE Multiplier Event and Partner Lego Methodology Workshop and Partner Meeting will be held at Universidad de Murcia, Spain.

15 - 16 October 2018.

This conference will be held on the subject of bullying and cyberbullying of people with SEN/D at the University of Murcia together with a meeting of the DisAbuse EU project partners. Professor Pilar Arnaiz, who is an expert in the topic of people with SEN(D) and who has directed a thesis on cyberbullying, will participate in this conference. She will present her perspective on this problem.

Graduation

The Anti Bullying Research and Resource Centre at DCU hosted its annual Stop Bullying Course Certificate of Achievements.

Awards for 15 couple learners (person with ID with a support person) on Monday 4th Dec in celebration to coincide with the International Day of People with Disabilities.

The 2nd DisAbuse Partner Meeting took place March 8th in ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon.

The partners of the DisAbuse Project gathered to update on progress and work to date completed on the project. Work on the translation of the website was reviewed.The repository where partners can upload resources, publications, best practice, research and legislation was demonstrated to the partners. Progress on multimedia course development was demonstrated.Updates and progress on the best practice report and evaluation tools were also discussed.

Lisbon transnational meeting

Transnational meeting of the European project DisAbuse on tackling bullying amongst persons with special educational needs and intellectual disability takes place at the University of Lisbon March 8th 2018.

Bullying related to a child’s Special Education Need (SEN) or Disablity (D) is commonly known as ‘disablist bullying’. This type of bullying can been defined as intimidating, manipulative, hurtful, or insulting behaviour related to a perceived or actual disability. Literature across Europe indicates that people with SEN/D are more likely to be a victim of bullying, and interventions that addresses this topic are very important and needed.

DisAbuse event in Rome

Fondazione Mondo Digitale (www.mondodigitale.org) met teachers, educators and psychologists part of its network, to present the DisAbuse project, which brings together experts from across Europe to provide a cross-national insight into research, policy and practice to prevent and counter disablist bullying, including practical courses with people with special educational needs as well as resources for teachers and professional trainers.

User focus group at DCU

Fiona Weldon in DCU held a stakeholder’s workshop on the Cyberbullying Module on the 13th April. This session was held to review and gather feedback from the users on the content for that module for the Disabuse project.

Workshop for Carmona staff at IADT

We successfully completed a dissemination and information workshop of the European project DisAbuse with the title “Cybersafety and Cyberbullying for individuals with special learning needs”. This was held on Thursday November 23^rd 2017 from 2.30 -4.30 at the Institute for Art, Design and Technology (IADT) in Dun Laogahire. This workshop was delivered for staff members of Carmona Services in South Co Dublin.

DisAbuse Training Course and Manual

The DisAbuse training course on combatting Disablist Bullying aimed at educating and empowering SEN/D users and those who work alongside them, is a 6 day x 3 ½ hour modular course containing a 45min break at the midpoint each day. ABC, DCU, undertook the drafting/ creation of the 6 modules under the umbrella title of ‘Let’s Stop Bullying’, they are:

DisAbuse meeting at IADT

The teams from IADT & ABC, DCU met in the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire on 11th January 2018 to progress the Erasmus+ DisAbuse Project.
Content for the online instructional course was discussed. Sample early stage low fidelity prototypes were demonstrated and feedback was collated.