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Relevant I guess:

https://globalnews.ca/news/9689597/b...irthday-party/

A young boy whose birthday party made the news for the wrong reasons last year is now getting a birthday party to remember this year.


David Chen, a dad of four, told Global News last year that they wanted to throw a party for his son Max, who has autism, on his sixth birthday.

He said they wanted to have an all-class party so they picked a venue and sent out invitations.

“Unfortunately, we got one person that said yes, two people that said no and 16 that didn’t say anything,” Chen said. “It was kind of an empty feeling.”

Chen didn’t want to blame anyone for what happened but this year Max is going to have a birthday to remember.

For what it's worth, last weekend I took my 4 year old to a birthday party - she only knew the birthday girl (I'm friends with her dad and we've had a few playdates) and I was bit concerned when I saw that all the other kids were older and were only boys. Turned out it didn't matter at all, after 30 mins she had warmed up to all the new kids and it didn't matter that she didn't know their names. She had a blast.