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Mom asks for shirt for her daughter with autism—and the internet provides 150 replicas
孤独症患儿妈妈网上求助，意想不到的事情发生了
On August 7, Deborah Skouson was desperate. Her daughter Cami, who has autism, loves to wear just one shirt—a pink flowered top from Target. But the shirt had become faded and unwearable. Skouson was able to find a few duplicates on eBay, but she needed more, so she turned to Facebook.
8月7日这天，Deborah Skouson非常绝望。因为她患孤独症的女儿Cami只愿意穿一件Target牌子玫红底印花上衣。而这件衣服已褪色不能再穿。Skouson在eBay上找到几件同款，但这远远不够穿。最后她只好在Facebook上求助。
She posted a request for anyone with a shirt like the one in the picture to sell it to her. She even offered to pay for shipping.
她希望有这件衣服同款的人能卖给她，也愿意付邮费。
The request quickly went viral with over 22,000 shares overall, including one from a local TV news anchor and the Love What Really Matters page, which has over 4 million fans.
她想不到的是，这条消息在网上火速传开，被转发22000次，转发者中也有一位当地新闻主播和拥有400万粉丝的“爱才最珍贵”主页。
Skouson told the Daily Dot via email that she has since received over 150 shirts. "We were hoping for 4–5 shirts to use as backups so we wouldn't have to keep washing and mending the same shirt over and over," she said. "At first, my daughter was a little confused to see more than one of her 'pink flower shirts.' I explained to her that people gave them to her because they loved her."
Skouson告诉Daily Dot网站，她目前已经收到150多件同款上衣。“我们本希望找到四五件衣服备用，以免同一件衣服反复清洗和修补，”她说。“最初，我女儿看到有这么多同款很疑惑。”我向她解释，这都是网友因为爱她才送给她的。
Skouson said the shirts have come from as far away as Germany and England. She said one mother in the Philippines tried to mail her a shirt, but her post office would only send paper mail internationally. "She was very apologetic, and I assured her that her efforts meant so much more to us than the shirt," Skouson wrote.
Skouson 说其中还有德国和英格兰寄来的。有位菲律宾妈妈打算寄衣服过来，但她那里只能寄纸质国际信件。“她对此感到十分抱歉。我告诉她，她的努力比这件衣服都更让我们感动。”
Cami who just turned 10, started the fifth grade on August 11. Skouson says that even though they have more shirts than they need, the offers keep coming and Target also contacted her, wanting to make larger versions of the shirt to fit Cami into adulthood.
Cami刚过完10岁生日，8月11日要上五年级。Skouson说还有人继续寄给他们这件上衣，Target公司也跟她签合同，打算为Cami专门定制这件上衣的大尺寸版本，让她能一直穿到长大成人。
"I accepted their offer with tears streaming down my face," Skouson said. "The kindness being shown my little girl has been so beautiful."
“我感动得边流泪边接受了他们的合同，”Skouson说。“这个世界对我女儿的关爱是如此美好。”
Skouson wrote that the support she has received has changed how she sees the internet, and she now feels more connected to people. Yet, even in the midst of all the love, Skouson noted that there has been some criticism.
Skouson说网友对她的支持让她改变对网络的偏见，现在觉得人与人之间也可以因为网络而变得亲密。但对她和女儿关爱之中，也掺杂着批评的言论。
"There have been a few [people] stating that I shouldn't feed into my daughter's 'obsession,' and that I am setting her up for failure. I understand their point of view, but I'm her mother, and I know what is best for her. If the shirt makes her happy, I'm going to do everything in my power to find it for her."
“有些网友说我不应该刻意满足我女儿对这件衣服的痴迷，这样对她成长一点都不好。”我了解他们的立场，但我是她妈妈，最知道她需要什么。如果这件上衣能让她开心，我会为寻找这件上衣倾尽所有。”
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