Fayetteville community steps in to help family after son's communication device stolen

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THERE WERE SIGNS POSTED TELLING
THE DRIVERS WHAT THE CLEARANCE
IS.
A FAMILY NEEDS HELP FOR
THEIR SON AFTER SOMEONE STOLE
HIS PRIMARY WAY OF
COMMUNICATING WITH HIM.
HE WAS 9 YEARS OLD.
HE IS LEARNING TO USE THIS
DEVICE TO HELP HIM INTERACT
WITH PEOPLE.
SOMEONE TOOK IT FROM THERE,
RECENTLY.
MICHAEL EXPLAINS FROM THE
CULTURAL ROOM HOW THE FAMILY
NEEDS MONEY TO REPLACE IT.
IT MAY LOOK LIKE YOUR
TYPICAL TABLET BUT IT ISN'T.
IT TOOK YEARS FOR HIM TO GET TO
USE IT.
NOW THE FAMILY NEEDS YOUR HELP.
DO YOU WANT THAT?
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WORDS
HE CAN SAY.
HIS MOTHER SAYS HE IS LIVING
WITH A CONDITION THAT DELAYS
HIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A GENETIC DISORDER
THAT IMPACT THEM IN A LOT OF
WAYS.
HE GETS SICK RIGHT AWAY.
HE HAS SEIZURES.
HE HAS SLEEP APNEA.
BUT HE KEEPS PUSHING.
OF THE DOCTORS SAID HE WOULD
NEVER WALK BUT HE WENT OUT
THERE AND IT SURPRISES.
HE RECENTLY STARTED WORKING
WITH THIS DEVICE TO COMMUNICATE
WHAT HE IS THINKING.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HIS
PARENTS WENT OUTSIDE OF THEIR
HOME IN FAYETTEVILLE AND THEY
REALIZE THEY LEFT THEIR CAR
UNLOCKED AND SOMEONE STOLE THE
DEVICE.
SHE STARTED A GOFUNDME PAGE
HOPING TO REPLACE IT.
THEY ARE HELP AND THANKFUL FOR
THE HELP THEY HAVE RECEIVED SO
FAR.
THEY NEED $7000.
IT IS GREAT THAT PEOPLE WANT
TO HELP YOU BUT THEN SOME
PEOPLE REALLY REALLY HOPE.
HE WENT TO HIS APPOINTMENT
TUESDAY WITHOUT THE DEVICE IN
HIS PARENTS HOPE THIS IS JUST A
TEMPORARY SETBACK.
THE ONE THING THEY WANT IS
PROGRESS.
AND THIS HAS ALSO CONTACTED THE

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Fayetteville community steps in to help family after son's communication device stolen

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