I totally cried when I watched this, about some kids who made friends with a kid with special needs,
http://fifth-grader.socialchive.com/...e-end-reveals/
I hope the link works, I had a special needs kiddo in my program for years. She was bussed before and after school so that she could have the classroom that met her needs and before and after school care. There was a year I had to wait to take her for a month until I could hire a one-on-one because of her behavior, but then we worked and got her ready to be independent. By the time she moved to middle school other kids were asking her to play with them! And she was never teased once in my programs, which was the kids doing.