Parisian Woman Recalls Traveling in Car of Kid With Autism in Elementary School, Then Says She Found ‘Something White’ on Seat: ‘If I Had a Nickel’
Elementary School Adventures
A TikTok user from Paris is sharing her childhood experiences with a kid who has autism. In a TikTok video, @sasscarella recounted a specific incident from elementary school involving a kid with autism named Alex.
Before starting the story, Sarah Pascarella mentioned that not many people wanted to be friends with Alex because of his condition, but she and her friend Savannah were curious and talked to him. Reflecting on a particular incident where she and Savannah were riding in Alex’s mother’s car with Alex also present, Pascarella said that they ended up having a lot of fun together.
TikTok user is sharing a fun story from her elementary school days
@sasscarella mentioned in her TikTok video that not many people wanted to hang out with Alex, the kid with autism, when they were in elementary school together. She also said that Alex’s mother would volunteer to drive the kids to field trips, as she was a parent volunteer, but the children were reluctant to get inside her car.
Recalling a specific incident when none of the kids were willing to get in Alex’s mother’s car, Pascarella said that she and her then-friend, Savannah, ended up getting in her car and “had so much fun.” She remembered being offered cookies during the ride and also recalled how “sweet” and “funny” Alex was. She said that Alex remembered every word to “every Disney movie ever.”
Pascarella continues talking about her adventures with Alex and describes a specific incident in which she was sitting in the back of his car and noticed something white lying on the seat. She remembers picking it up, not knowing what it was, and showing it to Savannah, then to Alex’s mother, who identified it as one of Alex’s teeth.
Pascarella, in her video, then mentions that it was perhaps on the same day or a different time that she found another tooth of Alex at the back of the car. Talking about how funny and out of the blue the situation was, Pascarella remarked, “It’s like that one saying where it’s like, if I had A nickel for every time I found a tooth in an autistic kid’s car. I would have two nickels. And that’s not a lot, but the fact that it happened twice.”
People in the comments section are equally excited about her story
@sasscarella’s TikTok video, where she talks about being friends with a kid with autism back in elementary school, has gained significant traction on the platform. Her video has over a million views and thousands of likes.
User @p3dr4m wrote, “You guys going in their car must have meant the world to the mom.” User @unhappybumblebee said, “His mom made the drives so cool because it hurt her heart probably more than his to know that he struggled with friendships and she just wanted him to have at least one friend.” User @.femputer commented, “as a mom of a young autistic child, you give me hope for her future that she’ll have a Sarah and Savannah in her life.” User @shaunafulford3 remarked, “As a mom to an autistic little boy, just know you filled that mom’s heart with so much joy. Thank you.”
Autism is more common than you’d think
- The autism rate among children in the U.S. has increased to 1 in 31, compared to the previous estimate of 1 in 36.
- Approximately 1 in every 45 adults in the U.S. has autism.
- In the U.S., roughly 4 out of 100 boys and 1 out of 100 girls have autism.
- Boys are almost four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism compared to girls.
- In the United States, the prevalence of autism is lower among white children compared to other racial and ethnic groups. The distribution of autism rates by race and ethnicity is as follows:
- White: 2.7%
- Hispanic: 3.3%
- Black: 3.7%
- Asian or Pacific Islander: 3.8%
- American Indian or Alaska Native: 3.8%
- Worldwide, 1 in 100 children is diagnosed with autism.
(featured image: TikTok/@sasscarella)
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