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This is such a sweet article. I had to share it. The little girl is Autistic and didn't like that her cheese burger was cut in half. Rather than saying, "deal with it" or giving the little girl a hard time, the server, manager, and line cooks got her a new one. It's just really nice to know there are still good people out there.

And the little girl kissing her burger

Thats so sweet...

Aww that's sweet but what happened to the cheeseburger that had been cut in half? I hope somebody ate it I hate to see food wasted.

Damnit, I'm almost crying over this. That server and staff and just...daaaaaah. T__T It's nice to see that there are actually good people left in this world.

Okay. Heartstrings. You been pulled TOO MUCH STOP MAKING ME MAKE AWWWWWWWWWWWW

awwwwww :) People do have good souls :)

We need more people like this in the world.

Aww, what a wonderful article. ^^ Definitely a feel good kind of story. Kudos to that restaurant and the waitress. That story restores my faith in hum-

/reads yahoo comment section/

Faith in humanity not restored. -.-

I try not to read the comment section. A lot of the people who post are the scum of the earth who fill me with rage.

I couldn't help myself. D: I usually try to avoid Yahoo comments (and Youtube, depending on the video). I like reading people's thoughts on news articles usually, and I assumed something as nice as this story would have decent comments. NOPE.

When I made this thread, there were nice comments. I guess the trolls climbed out from under their bridge.

Cracking up. This is too cute. ^___^ Kudos to the staff of that restaurant. So many people just don't have the time or patience to be kind anymore, and I love to hear happy stories like this.

I really needed this. I'm going to go curl up in a little ball of happy and drink tea now.

That is just so sweet >u<

I have been to Chili's and they are just some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. They are friendly and the service is great and so is the food. My dad works in restaurant equipment and he services a lot of Chili's and he seems pretty happy with them too. Never had much trouble with any of them.

Hahaha that is awesome. But I gotta say: she's gonna have to learn to deal with broken cheeseburgers if she's gonna live a happy life as an adult. But for now she's 7 and this is awesome.

She's autistic and I'm not sure that you understand how autism works in relation to things like this. What may seem like a minor inconvenience to you or I may be much more distressing or problematic for individuals with autism.

I think this should be less about her changing (which she may not be able to do) and more society changing so that this kind of thing happens more frequently.

I know how autism works. And I know how the world works. And the world works better for people who learn to be flexible and overcome their challenges. And excuses for why you can't overcome challenges never work very well, even if you have a good reason behind them.

People who have mental illness often cannot just be flexible, that's why it's a mental illness and not a personality flaw. It's not an "excuse" it's a legitimate disease. You telling someone with a mental illness to just "overcome it and be flexible" is like telling someone with two broken legs to just "overcome it and walk it off." They need help more often than not and people should be sensitive to their needs instead of just rudely dismissing them.

Honestly it's quite clear that you don't. You are assuming that what works for you, without a diagnosis of autism, is what will work for a person with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which is fallacious from its outset. People with autism face completely different challenges than others just in basic day to day living and coping. This can cause deep distress and anxiety. While children with autism are usually taught how to better manage problematic issues, little ones like this are of no particular concern and routines and familiarity are soothing to a lot of people who have ASD.

The young girl did not make a scene, she merely ate everything barr the burger without complaining or making a fuss. I think that demonstrates that she coped with her disappointment as well as can be expected. A key feature of ASD is adherence to strict or repetitive routines. This is caused by neuronal change during development leading to subtle structural changes in brain, now, I don't know about you, but are you able to change your neuronal structure at will?

We make concessions for people with physical disabilities who cannot navigate stairs by placing ramps to aid them in achieving a happy and functional life. Why are you objecting to a minor modification to a cheeseburger for a young girl who has a physical ailment that impacts on her understanding of the world?

I went to a private school for 4 years because I'm on the spectrum. Most of my classmates were too, so I'm speaking from their experiences as well as my own. It does no good to say "I can't". Maybe you really can't right now, and sometimes that's okay, but it still does no good at solving whatever problem you're facing when you say it.

No matter what your challenges are, there will ALWAYS be a workaround. That's one great thing about the world: there are a million ways of doing things. She probably won't learn to do things exactly like everyone else, but she CAN learn her own way of doing things effectively.

Of course the world should be understanding, and give her help when she needs it, and not expect her to be like everyone else. But some day she'll be alone, or she'll be in one of those homes where the caretakers so often abuse or neglect the people living there, and she'll need to have some way to help herself in those situations. I'm not saying she has to be perfect. She just has to learn a few strategies for coping and overcoming. And learning that it's okay for the cheeseburger to be broken would be a good place to start, because guys... seriously guys, don't defend her on this, for all intents and purposes IT'S OKAY FOR THE CHEESEBURGER TO BE BROKEN.

There is absolutely nothing in the article to indicate she wasn't coping with it though. She didn't cry, she didn't raise a fuss, she didn't make a scene, she simply didn't eat the burger and request one that had not been cut in half to her parents. And her parents in no way caused a scene either, they were going to pay for the fresh burger which is completely acceptable. The girl handled it perfectly, which is why you barging in and going "well she's going to have to learn to deal with it" is so ridiculous, she was dealing with it! There is absolutely no indication that she would have a problem if it became an issue for her when she was an adult and even if the restaurant staff had not been great like they were there still would not have been any conflict with them since no one raised a fuss and payment was rightfully offered.

Essentially what you're doing by claiming she should just "deal with it", which to me reads like "be just like everyone else in her wants and needs" because you're interjecting it into a situation where she wasn't melting down or kicking up a stir, is enforcing the belief that those with special needs can and should get rid of whatever disease or disorder is causing it through sheer force of will which doesn't work the majority of the time and only creates more problems. "Deal with it" has become a shield for people to be insensitive to the needs of others, whether they have illness or not, and it's getting really tired and old.