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Eighteen-year-old Clementi died by suicide several days later.

The cyberbullying he underwent may have contributed to

his suicide.

In 2012, Ravi was convicted of fifteen counts, including
privacy invasion and bias intimidation. Bias intimidation is

charged when a person’s criminal actions are motivated by the

victim’s race, religion, or sexual orientation. However, the New

Jersey Supreme Court eventually ruled the bias intimidation laws
were unconstitutional, and Ravi’s convictions were overturned. In

the end, he pleaded guilty to attempted privacy invasion.

CYBERBULLYING OF THOSE WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS

Students with special needs are often the targets of
cyberbullying and bullying. James H. Wendorf, former executive

director for the National Center for Learning Disabilities, says,

“For students with learning

disabilities and other
“For students with learning
disabilities, bullying is a disabilities and other disabilities,
bullying is a pandemic.” 35
pandemic. It occurs every
—James H. Wendorf, former
day, with 60 percent of executive director for the National
Center for Learning Disabilities
students with special needs
being bullied as compared

to 25 percent of all students—and there are some studies that

put this percentage even higher.” 35

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