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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 06:57 PM
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M***** F***** !!! - 'Disabled Boy Kills Himself After Bullying Attack' - HuffPo
Mitchell Wilson Suicide: Disabled Boy's Death Raises Bullying Concerns
The Huffington Post Canada - Ron Nurwisah
First Posted: 9/29/11 12:47 PM ET Updated: 9/29/11 07:18 PM ET



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The death of an 11-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy months after his assault by a bully has shined a spotlight on bullying in Canada's schools.

Muscular dystrophy left Mitchell Wilson struggling to do simple things like walking around the block or climbing stairs. He also had to use a walker at school. Doctors had urged him to exercise regularly to stave off the disease's effects, something that was growing increasingly difficult for the boy.

Wilson was mugged last November by a 12-year-old boy from his school. The assailant was after the iPhone Wilson borrowed from his dad. The bully was arrested and removed from the Pickering, Ont. school they both attended.

"He was never the same," said Craig Wilson to the Toronto Star, the boy's father and the one who found the boy's body in his room with a plastic bag tied around his head earlier this month. Things didn't get any better for the young Mitchell as the court date loomed. And the bullying didn't stop. Subsequent to the beating that he took, he just lost that spark you see in a kid's eye. He had huge anxiety attacks about going outside and going for his walks and going to school by himself," Craig Wilson told CTV's Canada AM.


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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/09/29/mitchell-wilson-suicide-disabled-bullying_n_987070.html

:nuke::nuke::nuke:

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 06:59 PM
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1. Too fugging sad
:cry: :cry:
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kickysnana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 07:05 PM
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2. Saddly, this is what the larger society wants us to do right now.
:cry:

America needs an attitude adjustment and fast before we lose too many of the best of us.
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 07:08 PM
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3. This one is ours.
It's disgusting and sad and painful. The assailant is twelve years old, and a wild child, very much ignored and abused.

It just hurts my heart.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-11 07:16 PM
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