Disabled student filmed in school toilet, serious bullying incident in Mie Prefecture [Podcast Episode]

By Barrier Free Japan

February 5 2025

Mie Pref – It has been revealed that in October last year, a male student with a disability attending a special needs school in Mie Prefecture was filmed in a school toilet by two high school students and posted on social media, causing him to miss school for an extended period of time, and the school has determined that this constitutes a serious case of bullying. 

According to the Mie Prefectural Board of Education, in October last year, a male student with an intellectual disability (then 17) attending a special needs school, which is attached to a prefectural high school in the prefecture, was filmed in a shared toilet stall by two male high school students and posted on the social media site Instagram.

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Disabled student filmed in school toilet, serious bullying incident in Mie