WEATHERFORD, Texas — A North Texas family says their 8-year-old autistic son was improperly restrained at his elementary school last year, an incident they didn't learn about until four months later.

Roman Ashcraft, who has autism and a rare condition called KDM5C , that affect his learning, was a student at Juan Seguin Elementary in Weatherford when the incident occurred. He is non-verbal and unable to communicate. Video shows an educator standing over the boy while he's on the ground, holding him between her legs.

"Anger, frustration and betrayal," said Lisa Ashcraft, Roman's mother, describing how she felt after seeing the video.

A restraint form indicates the situation lasted 10 minutes. The educator wrote that the reason for the restraint was that Roman was at risk of harming him

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