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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Autistic Girl's 'Broken Cheeseburger' Story Goes Viral

A local Chili's restaurant in Midvale, Utah, might have made the grave mistake of "breaking" one little girl's cheeseburger by cutting it in half, but the waitress, manager and line cooks more than made up for it Sunday when they presented her with a brand new "fixed" one.

Seven-year-old Arianna Hill is autistic and she loves cheeseburgers. But apparently, ones that are cut in half just won't do.

"We just decided we were going to get some lunch before we were taking her to see the Easter bunny," Arianna's older sister, Anna MacLean, 25, told ABCNews.com. "She usually does OK in restaurants. It seemed to be going pretty well. She wasn't too overstimulated. She was really enthusiastic before we were even able to put our drinks orders in. She told the waitress, 'I'll have my cheeseburger.'"

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this kid needs to be spanked more.

Anonymous said...

wow 11:15, you are another of those people out there that dont care to learn what austim is and how it makes a child act. Its not a processing error, its a different operating system. They dont need a busted behind. My daughter is autistic and struggles daily to fit in because she does not process the same way some of us do. Its a totally different perspective!Obviously you were not taught tolerance and acceptance.