'To see someone who knows nothing about Rudy just instinctively do this was so surprising and I couldn't wipe the smile off my face' Mum of autistic boy thanks stranger for 'kindness'
Mrs Fernando, from Hockley in Essex, said when she explained to passer-by Mr Shelley that Rudy was autistic, he said to the little boy: "Fine then, why don't I lay down here with you for a while?"
Describing Mr Shelley as her "hero", she said: "I was beyond shocked. It's something I've done many times with Rudy in supermarkets, car parks, and shopping malls because it makes Rudy feel that you're in his world. "To see someone who knows nothing about Rudy just instinctively do this was so surprising and I couldn't wipe the smile off my face."Natalie Fernando said she would "not forget" Mr Shelley's act of kindness
Rudy was diagnosed as autistic aged two and also has global development delay, speech and language difficulties, sensory processing disorder and learning difficulties.to help parents of children with special needs, and to raise awareness.
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