When Tamar Dubin accidentally broke her brother Daniel's favorite plate, her heart also broke as quickly as the precious plate. This wasn't just a regular plate that could easily be replaced. Daniel, 19, has autism, and the plate, which draws characters from the television show Dragon Tales, was one of his most prized possessions and had helped him communicate. "Dragon Tales is one of his favorite shows," Tamar said, noting he often likes to draw and paint characters from the show and other programs. "
Tamar says Daniel was sad at first and would ask our mother, “Where is Daniel’s plate?” and “When is Daniel’s plate coming?” I think she tried to explain that he could use a regular plate for now, but I think he was still pretty shocked and confused. Nobody in the Dubin family knew what to do. The plate was no longer in production and there were no similar plates on the Internet. Tamar eventually turned to Reddit, hoping that someone would help her. Fortunately, her post drew Forrest Markham's attention.
Markham immediately texted his mom, and knew that she still had the plate. He drove to get it from her and went about sending it to the Dubin family — via express shipping and at no cost to Tamar, who offered to pay him several times.
The whole Dubin family was happy to see Daniel's reunion with the plate, and both his sister and mom made sure to publicly thank Markham on Reddit. "The Reddit community was really supportive for the most part. Everybody was really great about it," Tamar said.
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