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- From: Sunday Mail (SA)
- July 11, 2010
And all because she had autism.
Being taunted, teased and shoved around had been part of the 13-year-old’s life – until, fed up and utterly despairing, she decided to make a stand.
Tired of trying to put up with the constant bullying, the brave teen wrote a letter and read it out at assembly at her Port Pirie school, Airdale Primary.
“It came from my heart,” Chloe told the Sunday Mail.
“I wasn’t feeling anxious or have butterflies in my tummy when I got up there – I just expressed how I was feeling.”
It was a courageous act but, despite her plea, it has had little success – the bullying has continued and Chloe still spends most of her school life in solitude, too frightened to leave the classroom.
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