As a person with a vision impairment, I was a victim of severe bullying in my youth. My memories are that the people in charge of my safety while in school dismissed the actions of my bullying peers as a result of my not having proper social skills. I never understood how the inability to stop a punch headed for your face indicated a lack of social skills. I thought of suicide many times in my youth as a way to escape the physical pain of life as I saw it. Since I grew out of this predicament, I never thought of suicide again. I am surprised and saddened that 40 years later this issue still plagues the youth of this country.