We met yesterday in the House of Representatives to say this School bullying of boys and girls with disabilities is a serious violation of rights; It is not a simple or residual problem, but rather a form of violence that requires immediate, coordinated and strong responses from public authorities and society.
What is even more disturbing is that many of them do not know what situations constitute abuse. They believe that loneliness is their natural place, that cynicism is a strange form of coexistence, and that distance from others is some kind of unwritten law. They don’t name it because no one taught them that what hurts, even if it doesn’t leave a visible mark, must also be said. A lot of parents tell me that When the era of socializing, going out, making up, and first love comes, loneliness becomes more present. It’s no longer a matter of “misbehaving” with them, but of pretending they don’t exist.
Exclusion is normalized in teamwork, in the hallways, on birthday lists. It’s convenient violence, with low energy consumption: just don’t look, don’t turn on, don’t call. This is precisely why it spreads so easily. The key thing is not just to protect them, but to break the idea that they should be grateful for any space they are given. They are not invited to someone else’s party: they are a legitimate part of the educational community.
The day we understand that Isolation is also aggression, slowly eroding, but without relief.We can start to change something. And when it comes to children who abuse, the real question is not just why some children abuse, but why so many adults get into the habit of looking the other way in the hope that it becomes… just another silence.