Bullied Autistic Student Needed Stitches After Fight at Princeton High School

Princeton, NJ -- A junior at Princeton High School who has Asperger’s Syndrome had to get stitches in his head after he was beaten up by an unknown number of seniors during the last week of school, Planet Princeton reports.

The fight took place following an argument that began in the cafeteria and ended up in the hallway on June 16, according to the report.

The autistic student was cut, and the other student injured his hand, according to the report.

According to the Interactive Autism Network, 63 percent of autistic children between the ages of 6 and 15 have been bullied at some point in their lives.

Bullying mostly takes place between 5th and 8th grades, although 43 percent of autistic children in 10th grade are bullied. There were no statistics for high school juniors or seniors.

Most bullying takes place in regular public schools.

Previously, people with Asperger’s Syndrome were classified differently than those with diagnosed as being autistic, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

However, the Autism Disorder Spectrum now includes anyone who is autistic and who is diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome.