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Businessman Befriends Autistic Girl on Flight, Makes Everyone's Day
The mother of an autistic toddler, whose open letter to a kind stranger she sat next to on a plane made headlines, has reconnected with the man who made her daughter smile during a two-and-a-half-hour flight. (shine.yahoo.com) Plus d'info...
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Kudos to this gentleman. It seems simple kindness and understanding is in short supply these days.
Great story, great post.
Thanks, I don't know about you but it just gave me a big smile when I read it!
"Grace, sat in one row, while Mouland and 3-year-old Kate, who has autism, sat behind them."
Yet another example of news sources using "has ___" language in reporting disability. I mean, I could point out how tolerance of others' particular needs should be a societal expectation not worth putting in the news, and that the only reason stories like this become newsworthy is the general disrespect that society generally throws at disabled people makes kindness seem remarkable by comparison, but then again, making those points over and over (and I'm not the only one) gets tiring.
Yet another example of news sources using "has ___" language in reporting disability. I mean, I could point out how tolerance of others' particular needs should be a societal expectation not worth putting in the news, and that the only reason stories like this become newsworthy is the general disrespect that society generally throws at disabled people makes kindness seem remarkable by comparison, but then again, making those points over and over (and I'm not the only one) gets tiring.
Call me a curmudgeon but I just don't see how this is a story.
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