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Boy With Disabilities Surprised With Book His Mom Wrote About Him

A boy born with disabilities couldn’t hide his joy when his mom opened a box to reveal she had written a book about him. When Toni Gardner, 45, opened the box, her son Eddie, aged nine, discovered a book named #Edlife, written about the hilarious and wholesome conversations he has with his mother. As soon as he saw the cover, Eddie started jumping for joy, with Toni beaming that the gesture had made her son so happy. Eddie was a "miracle child," his family said, born after eight years of infertility, miscarriages, and IVF. After he was born, Toni started a campaign to raise awareness for infertility issues, but a book she was planning to write was put on hold when she started noticing changes in Eddie's behavior. She soon found Eddie had autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and sensory processing disorder (SPD), which meant Toni and her husband had to change their parenting methods. While Eddie is extremely gifted in an educational sense, Toni said, this also means he has no social filter, saying exactly what he thinks. This latter trait led Eddie to come out with some hilarious conversations and viewpoints – so much so that Toni started writing them down and sharing them on social media. People would comment, saying their conversations brought tears to their eyes with how funny they were, and so Toni decided to make these the topic of the book she would eventually write.
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Location: Not Disclosed, UK
  • Date Acquired: 09-24-2022
  • Date Filmed: 12-05-2021
  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Footage Type: Cell Phone
  • Rights :  TV & Digital, Commercial, Publishing
Tags:  book , disabilities , disabled , austism

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