A father’s request to his ᴀᴜᴛɪsᴛɪᴄ son “never had a friend” is being circulated online with birthday wishes.
Daniel Harrison, a boy with ᴀᴜᴛɪsᴍ, recently wrote down two wishes. Fortunately, one of them came true thanks to his father.
Daniel’s father, Kevin Harrison, shared that Daniel typically prefers to play alone. In fact, throughout his entire childhood Daniel never once asked to go play with friends.
But this year Daniel wanted a very special birthday. This request sh0cked his father, Kevin, because Daniel wanted him for his birthday: learn to drive and make friends.
0n social media, Kevin often shares updates about Daniel. Yet, after learning of his son’s birthday wishes, he wanted to make Daniel’s birthday just a little sweeter.
A photo of Daniel and I and the viral tweet will appear in some fashion on the Rachael Ray show this coming Tuesday 😊 signed a contract #autismawareness pic.twitter.com/7zYiZLh00W
— Kev & Daniel’s #autism journey (& Bruce 😉) (@kevharrison_) October 30, 2021
“Daniel’s my son. Profoundly Autistic. Hasn’t one friend. It’s his birthday today.”, Kevin wrote on social media. He humbly asked others to chime in and wish his son a happy birthday.
Kevin did not expect this kind request to receive thousands of likes and fly around the network with a heartfelt birthday greetings. In fact, Daniel has received thousands of heartfelt birthday greetings.
Kevin was surprised when even celebrities like Sharon Stone, Russell Crowe, and Ariel Winter also took the time to wish them a happy birthday. Most of the birthday wishes come from other parents of children with ᴀᴜᴛɪsᴍ
