Leroy’s story
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By Leroy Binns
My name is Leroy, I have got a learning disability and I have personally experienced bullying.
Words hurt
Some people have called me “retard” and “mongol”, which is not right or fair for someone with a learning disability.
The thing that I do not like is sometimes they have children with them, which means if they hear one of their parents say it they will think that it is OK for them to say it too.
Some children have even called me names like “spastic” or even “stupid”, whi...
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