- By Dailyrecord.co.uk
Scottish Disabled teen who was taunted in official school yearbook now target of hate campaign by cruel bullies
DAVID McINTYRE, 17, who is blind and autistic and suffers from dyspraxia has been taunted by yobs since cruel comments appeared in his school's yearbook.
A DISABLED boy taunted in an official school yearbook is now the target of a hate campaign by street yobs.
Pupils used the yearbook to poke fun at David McIntyre, 17, who is blind and autistic and suffers from a condition called dyspraxia, which affects his movement.
And since their cruel comments became public, David has been attacked on a bus and had his home pelted with bricks.
Dad Thomas said the abuse started after stories about the yearbook appeared in a local paper.
He added: “A couple of days later, David was coming back from the pictures with his mum when a couple of youths sitting behind him on the bus punched him on the back of his head, right on his scar from when he had brain surgery.
“Since then, we’ve had bricks thrown at the house and stones thrown at the windows.
“On Monday a brick came right through the front door.
“It’s gangs of kids on bikes. Some days there are four of them, other times there are seven.
“David hears them. He hears the bricks hitting against the wall. It’s stressful for the whole family.
“Why? Why are they doing this?”
David was taunted in the yearbook for sixth-year leavers at Glasgow’s Springburn Academy, where he studied before moving to a special school three years ago.
The pupils were asked for their best school memories. And one entry, attributed to a girl who said she wanted to be a teacher, said: “Hitting David McIntyre with a ball and blinding him. Hahaha.”
Another entry, said to have been written by a girl who hopes to be a nurse, said her favourite memory was seeing the other girl “hitting David McIntyre with a softball”.
The school recalled all copies of the yearbook and apologised to David and his family. But Thomas said: “They should have contacted us about the yearbook before we had to read about it in the paper.”
He blasted the kids who taunted his son, saying: “I have no idea the mentality of these people.”
But he added: “Despite all he’s had to go through, David’s done really well and passed all his Standard Grades.
“I don’t think I would have coped if I was him, but he has. We couldn’t be more proud of him.”
Police confirmed they had received a report of bricks being thrown at David’s home in Milton, Glasgow. They said extra patrols had been mounted in the area.
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