Students Get First Person Insight on Effects of Bullying

A Florida teenager is making a difference among his peers by highlighting the negative effects bullying can have on students. Jaylen Arnold, 13, was previously bullied for his disabilities and is using that experience to raise awareness by speaking to student at school across the country.

Jaylen has Tourette’s syndrome, Asperger’s, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. He told a group of Mississippi students how his disabilities made him an easy target to bullies and how bullying worsened his condition.  In 2009, Jaylen founded Jaylen’s Challenge, to gain bullying awareness and to speak out about his experience. He has reached over 600,000 students across the country.

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