Last month, the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) embarked on the first ever qualitative consultation to find out what children and young people with SEND really think about using the internet.
A very clear picture emerged: children and young people with SEND are not using the internet as much as those who don’t have SEND, due in part to cyber-bullying and experiences of discriminatory behaviour. The findings, collected through focus groups, revealed that many had experienced cyber-bullying, had not been taught how to use the internet or stay safe online, or were actively avoiding the internet.
Cyber-bullying, as research by the ABA has revealed, is an increasingly growing problem for all children. In October, we found that a staggering 55.2 per cent of children and young people in England accepted cyber-bullying as just “part of everyday life”. And in 2012, Beatbullying found that high-risk groups existed in relation to cyber-bullying, with “those who reported having SEN 12 per cent more likely to have experienced cyber-bullying than those who did not”.
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