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Singaporean Samaritan Plans A Sweet Gesture For Dad Who Brings His Autistic Son To See Trucks Daily

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Kids are precious as is. The kind souls understand the simple joys of life way better than adults can. In this competitive world where no one has the time to pause and reflect, it takes some effort to bring a smile to someone’s face. More so, when the person is a complete stranger. 

However, there come moments time and again that remind us what good deeds and actions are about. And why it’s important to keep paying it forward.

That’s exactly what Singaporean Raymond Lee taught us recently with his kind act that touched the right chord with netizens, not just on the island but in other parts of the world as well.

Raymond recently shared his encounter with a father and son duo, who were hanging around his company’s trucks.  When he found out that the dad would bring his boy with autism regularly to see the trucks, the good Samaritan decided to do something special.

Boy With Autism Loves Trucks 

boy with autism

Image courtesy: iStock

Raymond shared the incident in a Facebook post on September 20, 2021, which has since gone viral on the Internet. He explained that he noticed the father and son hanging around his company’s trucks–the Scania S500 Highline prime mover–in the evening when he punched out from work.

“It wasn’t the first time that I had met them but I didn’t manage to speak to them during that time on one of the early mornings a few weeks ago,” explained Raymond. 

However, the employee was under no rush this time with his car parked right next to the truck. Lee went up to the father and son and managed to speak to the dad. He found that the boy has autism and is a great fan of trucks and tractors. 

“And that’s the reason why they are always hanging around our company trucks and even other trucks,” Raymond wrote further.

He said that the father would wait patiently and persuade the son to either to go school in the morning or home in the evening. The child would take his own time around the trucks and sometimes it would even take up to half an hour to get the boy back home. The dad would often be late for work as a result. 

Even then, the dad allowed the boy to indulge in his love for trucks. The father would patiently wait till the child was convinced, instead of rushing him along. 

Raymond also said that the boy loved prime movers and would even take pictures with them. 

Employee Lets Child Sit In The Truck

He figured that letting the child take a seat inside the prime mover truck would mean a lot to him. So Raymond went to his car to fetch a spare key for the truck. And then allowed to boy experience the cabin of the load hauler.

He even promised the boy to take him for a ride in the Scania prime mover whenever he got a chance. 

Raymond explained that as a father to five children himself, he was overwhelmed by the patience and understanding that the dad showed for the boy. “My fullest respect towards him,” concluded Raymond in his post. 

You check out the complete post below:

Netizens Love The Gesture

Raymond’s Facebook post garnered the right kind of attention with over 2400 likes, 93 comments and over 1,200 shares on the social media platform at the time of publishing this story. 

Not just the father but netizens appreciated Lee’s gesture as well, which would’ve surely brought a smile to the father and son’s faces. 

One user wrote, “The conversations you had with them.. I’m sure it means a lot to them. Not many would approach. Not many would care and not many would understand. They are just different but definitely not broken. May God bless you and thank you for creating awareness!”

Another user commented, “May God bless you for your kindness.”

boy with autism

Image Source: Unsplash

One user pointed that special kids excel in areas where others can’t.

They wrote, “Good on you bro! Kids with special needs are like that but hey they do excel very well in areas that we can’t. That’s what’s special about them. That’s a good gesture to give him a chance to ride on a new truck. Hell, he’ll be super-super happy about it. Cheers bro.”

The entire incident swells up your heart and will restore your faith in humanity. It serves as a reminder that sometimes, even the simplest gestures can make a big impact. 

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We do hope the little one gets his ride in the truck soon. We know how much it would mean to him. 

Lead/Feature Image courtesy: Facebook/ Raymond Lee

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