I cried, for the beauty of that. Thank you.

I have an autistic child close in my life. Things like this mean more than one can imagine. Glad the story touched you.

and that very special child in your life.

sheshe~

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I like to believe that people in general are good. This was nice to see.


edited for spelling.

It's there if we care to look.

i instantly thought of a song my best friend did a few years back:

Garbageman gives presents to kids...billionaires oppress their employees by the millions. I'm looking at you Walton family, etc, etc.

God bless you Mr Sanchez!

i gave you my last heart for sharing this

GREAT community!

but, also, for the family.

What a kind man Mr. Sanchez is and I suspect the trash collection company approved.

Tikki
ps If you ever make it out this way be sure to visit Ojai (oh hi) CA, you won't regret it.

If we elevate simple kindness and generosity to hero status then society is in a sad state.

But I know what you mean by that.

Manuel is the man! What a sweet thing for him to do. I had to watch it twice.

We have an eleven yo. grandson who is high on the spectrum now, but started out much lower. With great parents and therapy he has come so far. He is the light of my life and he loves his Nana and granddad. He says, we are best friends and will sit on my lap (only me) to watch "Annoying Orange" on YouTube and we laugh together. He is a joy that I can't describe.

As a parent if a grown son with autism every now and the I experienced kindness from strangers when I was dealing with my son. From the pilot who let my son sit in cockpit seat, to the trainer at the 49er training camp who gave us a special tour of the facilities, to the lovely person who gave us ice cream on a hot day to distract my son from melting down the kindness of strangers is a joy that restores my faith in humanity. I doubt this garbage man makes a lot of money.

*sniffle*

Go a month without Tom Perkins and the other 'earners' and now go a month without Sanchez and his coworkers and see what happens...

Happy Mr. Sanchez, happy parents, happy Daniel. Perfect trifecta.

what I'm most struck by is how the mom's speech patterns and intonations are like that of someone speaking to a much, much younger child. Long before my son was diagnosed (in part because he was born in 1982 and Asperger's first showed up as diagnosable in 1994) I knew that I had to coach him in ways parents of "normal" kids didn't have to. I think we parents instinctively do what should be done. If you have a kid who's "normal" you don't have to do that kind of coaching for as long. You just naturally move on.

I know that the bigger point, which I certainly appreciate, is the kindness of the driver, which in a way has nothing to do with Daniel's special circumstances. Being this nice is how we should all treat each other.

Thank you for posting this.