Home | DisAbuse

A European ERASMUS+ project to tackle Disablist Bullying

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

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT

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 than 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.

Seek Support

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.

Learn More

RECENT NEWS & EVENTS

Implementation of the training in Italy by Fondazione Mondo Digitale

By DisAbuse on Fri, 05/31/2019 - 11:36

Courses
Workshops

comments

Feedback from DisAbuse Training in Italy

By DisAbuse on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 16:06

comments

World Anti Bullying Forum 2019

By DisAbuse on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 16:01

comments

FMD, Rome, evaluate third Module

By DisAbuse on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 12:48

Courses

comments

Final sessions of the Irish Piloting/Evaluation of the DisAbuse Modules

By DisAbuse on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 13:19

Courses

comments

RECENT BLOG POSTS

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.

In Rome, Italy, the training programme was conducted by Fondazione Mondo Digitale, involving 27 among teachers, trainers, psychologists, psychotherapists and young people involved in a pilot training programme , characterized by moments of discussion and reflection on specific bullying related issues.

Lego Methodology Workshop

As part of the 3rd DisAbuse Seminar Event on Disablist Bullying held today in the Universidad de Murcia in Spain, the partners took part in the Lego Serious Play Workshop led by the team from Fondazione Mondo Digitale as part of its development as a tool for the DisAbuse Course.

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.

Cyberbullying module Piloting

The very important Cyberbullying module was piloted and and evaluated, with great interaction, participation and feedback from the participants.

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.

The training programme conducted by Fondazione Mondo Digitale in Rome, Italy, involved 27 teachers, trainers, psychologists, psychotherapists and young people in a pilot training programme, characterized by moments of discussion and reflection on specific bullying related issues. Trainers on the project and the facilitators of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale used, among others, the innovative LEGO® Serious Play® and MTa methods to facilitate participants’ points of view, emotions and personal experiences while providing tools to stand against bullying.

The Stop DisAbuse training course on combatting Disablist Bullying aimed at educating and empowering SEN/D users and those who work alongside them, is a modular course.

Final details for the sessions, the numbers, locations/dates all together for the pilot training phase were discussed. The next step is to start to prepare materials to advertise to target users.