Vacuum salesman surprises a kid with autism at Birthday Part

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at his fourteenth birthday party.

I thought this was a cool story about someone with a different special interest than most. There is a news video of the story at the link below:



"CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Ever since he was a two-year-old boy, Dylan Greene has had a passion for vacuum cleaners. Dylan, who has autism, was never into “normal” toys, his mother Jodie said. The Swift Creek Middle School student turned 14 years old over the weekend and celebrated his birthday with a party that included close friends, family and a vacuum salesman.

You see, in an effort to help make her son’s birthday even more special, Jodie Greene sent the following email to the Kirby Company, the Cleveland-based makers of the Kirby vacuum.

'I am reaching out to you in hopes for an answer to an unusual request for my son who is autistic. He has always been obsessed with vacuum cleaners. His favorite is the Kirby. He spends hours every day watching videos on his tablet about different Kirby’s. When he isn’t watching videos about them, he is talking about them. I really would LOVE to get a demo done for him for his birthday. In fact, I am even getting him a cake made that looks like a Kirby vacuum. I am writing to you in hopes that you can get me in touch with a way to get him this demo. I want to be clear that I do not intend on purchasing a Kirby. I was hoping that I could pay a flat fee or thought that maybe if you have salesmen in training that needs to get in practice demos for training purposes. I do not want anything free, but as the mother of a special needs child, it is so hard to find things to make my son happy. I know that having this demo done would just be so awesome, and it would warm my heart to see him so excited to experience that.'

The company received Jodie’s email and made her son’s birthday dream come true. In addition to sending Dylan a soccer ball, hat and t-shirt with the Kirby logo, Kirby salesman Al Archie traveled from Fredericksburg to Chesterfield to perform a vacuum demonstration at Dylan’s party..."

More: http://wtvr.com/2015/01/19/kirby-vacuum-birthday-party/

its a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing. Maybe I should write a letter like this to an LED manufacturer. Or lampt and light sources in general. I like lamps and light

Fantastic story. Enjoyed reading it.

Wonderful story, thank you for sharing.

Another aspie trait my son potentially has, then. As a toddler he got up every morning demanding the "brrrm brrm' (ie hoover) to be put on, and when it was turned off he would cry until it was back on.... He is undiagnosed and I am unsure whether he's actually on the spectrum or just near it, but this sure makes me think...

You're so wonderful allowing him to indulge in his Special Interest.

Every time I try, I get smacked on the nose and get told to get back into my box.

You're a good Mum (Mom, whatever!)

It's always nice to read when someone realizes how much something means to someone on the spectrum, even if to them it is just something rather ordinary. And a stranger no less!