This is Ben, he is 10 and has high functioning autism,.

He has a heart of gold and just wants to be friends with people but his autism makes it extremely difficult for him to achieve this.

High Functioning Autism makes him a little different to the rest of his classmates and because of it he is often kicked and punched and is called nasty names amongst other things, none of which are good.

He is the child that never gets invited to other children's birthday parties, that sits alone in the playground, that doesn't have anybody round for tea and nobody to go out to play with.

On a previous birthday his mum hosted a birthday party for him, inviting around 25 children. He was so excited and really looking forward to it.

Only two parents replied to the invitations I sent out but the party was arranged and paid for and Ben was excited about it so there was no way his mum could cancel it, she wrongly presumed that a few more would just turn up on the day but at least two were coming which was better than none at all.

Everything was set up and Ben sat there eagerly waiting for everyone to turn up. 2pm came and went and nobody had arrived.

Ben sat there saying repeating over and over they will come in a minute won't they mum. He still thought they would show up to help celebrate his special day.

By 2.30pm he was getting more and more anxious and visibly upset, he kept asking his mum where everybody was. His mum just didn't know what to say to him. It was obvious at this point that nobody was coming!!

It was the most heartbreaking moment ever not only for his mum but for him to.

Please can we help Ben and his family give him a really special day and send them away on a break This is just so sad and Ben deserves the best birthday ever.

His mum is in a wheel chair and mobility is an issue but lets all get together and give them all a lovely day out and to get Ben some needed things to help stimulate his learning. Thank You everyone. XoX