'The Imagifriends of Imagiville' and 'My Imagiville' Anti-Bullying Book and Coloring Book!

"Even those with Autism and disabilities can make a great and wonderful difference in this world and even they can fulfill their dreams and goals. "
- D.J. Svoboda

D.J.'s book and coloring book!

 

 

 

 

 

Friends of DJ Svoboda and the Imagifriends  - DJ celebrates abilities, spiritual gifts, love and art ~ all in a jubilant and colorful way. His message is of hope, embracing life~ and so much more. Please join us in building a fan base. Please visit www.myimagiville.com for paypal link.

 

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Friends of DJ Svoboda and the Imagifriends shared Brian Cimins's photo.

December 19

PERFECT GIFT FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Support DJ Daniel Svoboda, the amazingly inspirational and talented artist with Autism who created My Imagiville and just launched "the 2014 IMAGIFRIENDS Calender" for the Holiday Season - Purchase yours today at: http://www.myimagiville.com/product_info.php?cPath=7&products_id=100
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Friends of DJ Svoboda and the Imagifriends shared Daniel Svoboda's photo.

Hello Everyone! This here is A Brand New Imagifriend that was just created to help spread Awareness to put a STOP to BULLYING. It was made KING SIZE because Spreading Awareness and Acceptance for Autism and Spreading Awareness to put a Stop to Bullying are very,very Important.
 The Imagifriends are also very determined to help spread Great Awareness to put a BIG STOP to BULLYING,because Bullying is Wrong and is NEVER OKAY!!

Global Autism Acceptance shared Daniel Svoboda's photo.

December 22

Check out the latest Imagiville charactor leading the fight in raising awareness about bullying. Daniel Svoboda (DJ) is a wonderful friend of ours and has for a long time now been a huge inspiration to me. Daniel attends and speaks at autism conference across America sharing his imagifriends and also talking about his experiences growing up with autism. Please like his page and support his awesome work. Allison x

This is the first Imagifriend created to spread awareness against Bullying. — with Jt Thompson.

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December 20

Now that we have autism awareness, our goal is to achieve AUTISM ACCEPTANCE.
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Check out DJ's 5-part interview on ReEnchant Planet Earth!
Here's a link to the first one.
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Florentina Creates Oneness Through Art Movement - Launching inclusive art classes for kids with Autism and their peers in 2014!
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Florentina creates Original Cut-out MyKids© every day! As you can see in this photo, she also creates characters from memory as well as monsters, fruit people, animals, you name it, she will create using only Construction Paper, Scissors and Scotch Tape. 

 


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"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."

Watch: Video Shows Bullies Attacking Autistic Girl

   Weed out hate: Sow the Seeds of Peace. Stopping Bullying; Planting Respect in Children throughout the World

A groups of bullies attacked 13-year-old autistic Kayleigh, kicking her, hitting her, and pulling her hair:

Kayleigh's mother reposted the video to Facebook:

The video has now been shared 70,000 times in a matter of days, with the community rallying around the victim's family.

Police in the West Flanders town of Roeselare are now investigating the attack, and the bullies now risk expulsion from their school, where the victim also goes.

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Watch: Video Shows Bullies Attacking Autistic Girl | thAutcast.com
ThAutcast is a blogazine for the Aspergers and Autism community

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Resources about Stopping and Speaking Up against Bullying:

   IAN Research Report: Bullying and Children with ASD

It has been suggested that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are especially vulnerable to bullying.  Connie Anderson, Ph.D., IAN Community Scientific Liaison - Kennedy Krieger Institute

   PACER Teens Against Bullying shared a link.

June 29, 2012

Blogger Matt Langdon argues that we should promote "pro-hero" schools rather than "anti-bullying" schools to send a more positive message. What do you think?

"A hero is someone who takes action for the good of others despite a risk or sacrifice. That is, when a hero sees something they know to be wrong, they do something about it."

http://humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-need-pro-hero-schools-instead-of.html

Humane Connection: We Need Pro-Hero Schools Instead of Anti-Bully Schools

humaneconnectionblog.blogspot.com

thank you so much for this posting. I have been ranting about this issue to friends for years, but haven't taken the time to consolidate my thoughts in 

The NO BULL Teen Video Awards - The Great American NO BULL Challenge announced the fifteen finalists of their bullying prevention video competition: First Place Winners receives: a 3 episode video production $10,000  deal, a trip to the Sundance Film Festival in 2013 ($5,000 max value), where their film will be submitted as a Short Film Documentary , and much more!  Eight NO BULL Winners will be announced “live” at the Teen Video Awards in San Francisco on July 21, 2012 during this star-studded evening! 

Promoting awareness, courage and equality using social media and filmmaking.- Shawn Edgington, Campaign Founder.

The Great American NO BULL Challenge 2012  Design Credit: Jordan Harris

Top 15 Nominees No BULL teen videos

StopBullying.gov

Bullying can happen anywhere and to anyone. Get the information that you need to help stop bullying at school, online, and in the community. For more information ...
Department of Justice Examines Impact of Bullying in Schools

STATE POLICIES & LAWS  www.stopbullying.gov

  Stop Bullying Now! Strategies for reducing bullying and harm

“We must be the change we wish to see in the world” - Mahatma Gandhi As a culture, we are focusing new attention on bullying. According to world-wide research ...

There is little need to describe the impact of mean actions by peers. Youth who mistreat others frequently are more likely to become aggressive adults and to have criminal records in adulthood. Mistreated young people may grow up with diminished self-confidence and a sense of isolation and helplessness. Youth who witness mean behavior repeatedly are also affected.

stopbullyingnow.com

  Kids | StopBullying.gov

Find facts, webisodes, and quizzes about bullying for kids. Visit StopBullying.gov for more information.
Bullying can affect you in many ways. You may lose sleep or feel sick. You may want to skip school. You may even be thinking about suicide. If you are feeling hopeless or helpless or know someone that is, please call the LIFELINE at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

See videos about recogizing and taking action against bullying.
Yes… That's Bullying | 1:16
The Playground is For Everyone | 1:04
Stand Up Against Bullying In Indian Country | 1:25
What is Bullying (ED, Bullying Summit) | 4:14
www.stopbullying.gov/kids

   Students learn to box to stop bullying 
A visitor to A.R. Kaufman Public School took an unconventional approach to teaching kids to channel their energy into something other than bullying. The kids were taught how to punch.  [Bullying Blake Hartlen (left), 12, spars with boxer Mike McWilliams at an assembly during an anti-bullying presentation at A.R. Kaufman school in Kitchener on Thursday. Peter Lee/Record staff]


    Stop Bullying - ThinkQuest

Bullying occurs in every country around the globe when kids aren't tolerant of each other. It is a universal problem faced by kids of every age.

library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00117/bullying.html

   Stop Bullying - How To Information | eHow.com

Don't just sit there scratching your head, find useful info on Stop Bullying on eHow. Get essential tips and learn more about everything from How to Help 8th Graders Stop Bullying to the Differnces Between Child and Teenage Bullying
www.ehow.com/stop-bullying

  Stop Bullying: Speak Up | Find Out How to Prevent Bullying ...

Just by speaking up about it, you can stop bullying in its tracks! Visit Cartoon Network to find out how to prevent bullying.

www.cartoonnetwork.com/promos/stopbullying/index.html


   Stop Bullying: Speak Up - CNN.com 

www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2011/bullying

   How to Stop Bullying with a Website | eHow.com

In 2010, 52 percent of students reported seeing bullying at least once a week, according to the National Crime Prevention Council. If you are a target of a bully, you ...

www.ehow.com/how_6394818_stop-bullying-website.html

   Stop Bullying Now | A New Perspective that Brings Healing

Stop Bullying Thru Right Thinking is a breakthrough for parents and children about how heal from the effects of bullying and stop bullying now.
The Secret of the Lake by Brie Liberty offers the reader new and helpful ideas on how bullying deeply affects the one being bullied, while also offering a meaningful look into the nature of the bully himself.

stopbullyingthrurightthinking.com

   Stop Bullying: Speak Up | Facebook

The Stop Bullying: Speak Up campaign seeks to raise awareness of the simple, yet powerful actions that parents, kids, and educators can take to prevent bullying.

www.facebook.com/stopbullyingspeakup

Children With Autism Are Often Targeted By Bullies

It has been suggested that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are especially vulnerable to bullying. The Interactive Autism Network (IAN) is now sharing initial results of a national survey on the bullying experiences of children on the autism spectrum. Our findings show that children with ASD are bullied at a very high rate, and are also often intentionally “triggered” into meltdowns or aggressive outbursts by ill-intentioned peers.

IAN Research Report: Bullying and Children with ASD

Connie Anderson, Ph.D.
IAN Community Scientific Liaison
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Email: ian@kennedykrieger.org
Date First Published: March 26, 2012

Discuss this article

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/education/no_2_bullying/a-survey-launched-in-baltimore-measures-how-bullying-impacts-autistic-children

Bullying and its consequences

The Bullying and School Experiences of Children with ASD Survey

How many children were bullied?

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We asked parents about behaviors common in individuals with ASD to see if any of these behaviors was strongly associated with becoming a victim of bullying. Children with more repetitive behaviors, like flapping or spinning, were less likely to be bullied. We do not know whether this was because they were more likely to have more severe autism and therefore to be in more sheltered school situations, or if this outward sign of a disabling condition made other children less likely to victimize them. Behaviors and traits that were associated with an increased likelihood of being bullied included:

• Clumsiness
• Poor hygiene
• Rigid rule keeping (enforcing adults' rules when other children would not)
• Continuing to talk about a favorite topic even when others are bored or annoyed
• Frequent meltdowns
• Inflexibility or rigidity

Sadly, one group that was frequently bullied was children with ASD who wanted to interact with other children, but had a hard time making friends. Of these, 57% were bullied, compared to only 25% of children who prefer to play alone and 34% of children who will play, but only if approached. The one slightly bright spot was that children who had learned to make friends successfully were bullied at a lower rate: 34%.

Bullies and “bully-victims”

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Bullying and children with ASD: An urgent problem

Bullying is extremely common in the lives of children with ASD, and occurs at a much higher rate for them than it does for their typically developing siblings. It is crucial that educators, providers, advocates, and families be aware of this, and be prepared to intervene. Children with ASD are already vulnerable in multiple ways. To have to face teasing, taunts, ostracism, or other forms of spite may make a child who is already struggling to cope completely unable to function. If a child was anxious, or dealing with issues of self-control, or unable to focus before there was any bullying, imagine how impossible those issues must seem when bullying is added to the mix. Cruelest of all is the fact that bullying may further impair the ability of a child with ASD, who is already socially disabled, to engage with the social world. "The bully made life a complete hell for my son," said one mother who withdrew her child from school. "He came home from school crying every day and begging to never have to go back." Said another, "This has had a significant influence on my daughter's ability to trust her peers and develop new relationships."
There is clearly an urgent need to increase awareness, influence school policies, and provide families and children with effective strategies for dealing with bullying, whether a child is a bully, victim, or bully-victim. It is our hope that this research will contribute to these efforts.

Resources

• Special Needs Anti-Bullying Toolkit - developed by Autism Speaks, the National Center for Learning Disabilities, PACER’s National Bullying Center, and Ability Path in partnership with the new documentary film BULLY.
• National Public Radio report on the IAN Bullying survey.
• News video on IAN Bullying survey featuring a young girl with Asperger’s, whose mother decided to home school after bullying incidents, as well as IAN’s Dr. Connie Anderson.



• Interview with IAN's Dr. Connie Anderson on Bullying Survey results.
• Bullying and ASD – an article on IAN Community with additional background information on bullying and children on the autism spectrum.
• National Autism Association Safety Initiative: Bullying – information plus “5 things parents can do."
• The Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention & Advocacy Collaborative (BACPAC) is a bullying-focused initiative at Children's Hospital Boston. A multidisciplinary group acts as an information resource to colleagues, patients, and schools regarding bullying/cyberbullying prevention, detection and intervention. Team members are also involved in bullying research.
• New Research on Children with ASD and Aggression – an article on the latest research.
• Autism research webinar on aggression and autism.

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"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."

The Great American NO BULL Challenge

The NO BULL Teen Video Awards - The Great American NO BULL Challenge announced the fifteen finalists of their bullying prevention video competition: First Place Winners receives: a 3 episode video production $10,000  deal, a trip to the Sundance Film Festival in 2013 ($5,000 max value), where their film will be submitted as a Short Film Documentary , and much more!  Eight NO BULL Winners will be announced “live” at the Teen Video Awards in San Francisco on July 21, 2012 during this star-studded evening! 
Promoting awareness, courage and equality using social media and filmmaking.- Shawn Edgington, Campaign Founder.
The Great American NO BULL Challenge 2012  Design Credit: Jordan Harris

Top 15 Nominees No BULL teen videos - The formal announcements were made live across the country at the nominee's school campuses on May 17th, National Cyber Safety Awareness Day.
The 15 nominees and the 8 final winners to be announced at the Teen Video Awards were selected by a panel of esteemed judges including Dr. Mehmet Oz and his wife Lisa Oz, Lee Hirsch, Filmmaker and Director of the film "BULLY," Ann Shoket, Editor-In-Chief, Seventeen Magazine, Deborah Liebling, President for Red Hour Films, Alyssa Rodemeyer, 16-year-old sister of bullycide victim Jamey Rodemeyer, Teri Schroder, iSafe CEO, just to name a few.
There are many awards for NO BULL CHALLENGE Winners!    

Best NO BULL Documentary of the Year Award for First, second and third place
Best Acting Award
Best COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Award
Best MESSAGE Award
Best Directing Award
Best Visual Effects Award

The NO BULL Challenge is open to all teens that are willing to stand up and make a difference! NO BULL strives to create awareness and acceptance for all AND help change the mindsets of those who have made mistakes in the past. We’ve received many notes/posts/e-mails from teens around that country that NO BULL has connected with. MANY have admitted to their wrong-doings and pledged to create change by standing up and making a difference. The NO BULL Challenge is about creating awareness, courage and acceptance for all without ever passing judgment.(May 29,2012)   The Great American NO BULL Challenge

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SIGN THE PETITION: Stormy Rich Gets Banned From Bus Because She Wanted To Stop Bullying - The Petition Site

Stormy Rich, 18, photographed by her school in Umatilla, on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 after being reprimanded for standing up to bullies on behalf of a mentally challenged student on a bus from Umatilla High School. Though she had permission to ride the bus originally her privaledge has been revoked as a result. Stormy Rich complained about how older students were treating a mentally challenged on the bus. Rich told Fox 35 about the mean middle school bullies: "They would be mean to her, tell her she couldn't sit on certain spots on the bus. They were giving her food that the..
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