Botetourt County family of bullied autistic student turn to Facebook to demand anti-bullying reform

Local News After a video of their child was posted to Snapchat, the Seitz family pushes for discussions on bullying prevention and mental health. BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – A Botetourt County family is advocating for stronger anti-bullying policies after their son with autism was mocked and allegedly attacked at a high school football game. Jeremy Seitz took to social media after his son Oscar, a student at James River High School, was recorded being mocked in a Snapchat video by a Central Academy Middle School student. “My daughter showed me a video that had been posted online of him being bullied. He has autism and there was a young man following him around imitating his stimming, basically his hand movements and all his motions while others laughed,” Seitz said. According to Seitz, Oscar reported that after the recording stopped, other students began throwing rocks at him. School Response and Community Support The family reported the incident to police, the school resource officer, and the school board. Seitz said Botetourt County Schools told him the incidents would be fully investigated, but Oscar himself was not interviewed as part of the process. He says only two students, the one who posted the
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