ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to examine the intersection of three related but problematic concepts: disability, sexuality and bullying. Each of these concepts has a huge canon of research behind it, but very little work examines overlaps between these areas and even fewer studies attempt to synthesise them. The chapter fi rst describes relevant issues in the lives of typical non-disabled young people at school and revisits the theory that sexuality underpins much of what is considered typical bullying. Then the common notion of disabled people as a monolithic and desexualised group is deconstructed to enable better understanding of their diverse experiences. The social model of disability is then explored in relation to the multiple forms of social oppression that disabled people experience to understand how, and more importantly, why the latter group is disproportionately affected by bullying.
