A mom was left overwhelmed after receiving the great response for her appeal for penne pasta during the pandemic.
Tabatha Stirling, from Leith in Edinburgh, was not able to find penne pasta for her 12-year-old son Teddy, who has Asperger’s and a selective eating condition.
According to Edinburgh Live reports, the autistic boy’s condition is common as the children with the disorder find certain colors, textures and smell off-putting.
Tabatha was shocked when she went shopping and discovered there was no penne pasta in the market. She said: “It really ramped up this week, I took my 5-year-old after school to Sainsbury’s and it was shocking.
“That really nailed it down, there was an older lady that passed me and she said this is like when the war was on and there was rationing, but there was more food on the shelves during the war than now.”
Tabatha took to Twitter to ask if anyone could help her as she was concerned to feed her son. She tweeted: “Hello, does anyone have penne pasta?
“My son is autistic and has very restricted eating. Penne is the only pasta he ‘can’ eat.
Social media is a place which can make anything viral in a minute and same happened with Tabatha as her post reached to many viewers. The online community both on Twitter and Facebook came out in support of Tabatha and fulfilled her request.
She received 200 messages and tweets of offers. Donors included restaurant chain Prezzo who invited Tabatha to visit their Edinburgh branch for a bag.
Tabatha said: “I’ve had four packets sent to my house already and there seems to be more to come. Some people just found me on Facebook and said ‘I’ve got two packets they’re yours’.
“I’m so grateful and appreciative, it shows that social media can be used for the power of good. I was so appreciative and it shows now things like autism are taken very seriously, nowadays it is clearly being seen as being important to support.
“In a crisis the good and the bad come out but the good always comes out stronger, which is lovely if you’re on your own, having strangers looking out for you.”
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