The report, Children's Experiences of Disability: A Positive Outlook, said the children's approach to the future was 'optimistic and pragmatic'. None of the children described themselves as intrinsically different and they were generally accepting of their impair-ments. Most of the children in the study, carried out at the Social Work Research Centre at Stirling University, attended mainstream schools, but the type of establishment attended did not make a difference to their attitudes.
However, almost half the children reported being bullied, and this occurred in all types of school setting. In some cases, sib-lings of disabled children were also bullied or taunted at school.
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