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Autistic Boy With No Friends Receives 20,000 Birthday Cards After A Facebook Plea From His Mum

autistic boy and mum with cards

When a mum made a cry for help on Facebook, she had no idea the amount of support and help she’d receive.

Mum Karen, 49, was devastated to watch her autistic son Ollie make two birthday cards for his 15th Birthday as he didn’t expect to get any from anyone else as he had no friends.

Karen told the Daily Mail, ‘He has no friends because of his autism and when I saw he had made the cards it pulled my heart strings.

‘I thought maybe we could just try to get him a few extra cards this year.

‘So, I put a little post on Facebook asking people to send him birthday cards and now I’m having messages from all over the world.’

Karen and Ollie didn’t expect to get the cards and gifts that arrived on their doorstep in time for Ollie’s 15th Birthday. The cards and gifts have been sent from around the world.

ollie's cards

Ollie received 50 cards on the first day, but then the crates of cards and gifts arrived in their tens of thousands. Karen estimates they have received 20,000 birthday cards, at least 3000 more than what the Queen receives each year for her Birthday.

delivery of cards

Their house is filled to the brim with cards and gifts from kind people around the world. The single family have been offered a weekend away and an Xbox was sent from Saudi Arabia.

cards

The phone has also been rung off the hook with well wishes.

Karen has put a sign on the door after receiving many callers wanting to drop in to wish Ollie a Happy Birthday.

Karen has said the Birthday message have given a boost to her son’s confidence. He loves opening envelopes but knows it will take her son a long time to get through the cards and to reply to each one of them.

She added: ‘It just brought tears to my eyes, I thought ‘oh my god’, it was a lump in the throat moment.

‘All I can say is thank you, the kindness, love and goodwill of everyone has been phenomenal.

‘I think he’s going to have a brilliant time for his birthday, we’ve been joking he will be opening them all year.’

Ollie with cards
Ollie with his crates of cards

‘I’m trying to reply to everyone, it’s just gone pretty mad.’

Ollie has been overwhelmed by the amount of cards and gifts arriving in the mail. ‘No one gives me birthday cards, just me.

‘It’s fab, amazing and fun – but not so many next year please mum.

‘Where are we going to put them all?’

Happy Birthday 15h Birthday Ollie!

Rebecca Senyard

Rebecca Senyard

Rebecca Senyard is a plumber by day and stylist by night but these days she changes more nappies than washers. She is a happily married mum to three young daughters who she styles on a regular basis. Rebecca is not only an award winning plumber, she also writes an award winning blog called The Plumbette where she shares her life experiences as a plumber and mother. Rebecca also blogs at Styled by Bec believing a girl can be both practical and stylish. Links to the blogs are http://www.theplumbette.com.au and http://www.styledbybec.com.au/blog

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