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Strangers are Helping 1 Boy With Autism Replace His "Life-Saving" Sippy Cup

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For one boy, the loss of his sippy cup wouldn't just be a sad occasion. This is a major deal that could result in hospitalization so his desperate dad is asking strangers for help.

Marc Carter's child has autism and refuses to drink from anything other than this specific Tommee Tippee cup and he has been exclusively using it for the past 12 years. This particular cup has been discontinued and it is starting to fall apart from the use so Marc took to Twitter with an emotional plea.

The dad from England explained that his son would rather end up in the hospital dehydrated than sip out of anything else. "Ben is 14 and has severe autism, he's non-verbal, and has very limited understanding," Marc wrote. "The replacements are all new and fancy, we've tried them, Ben throws them at us. The one he has doesn't have long left. In all honestly we are really worried what will happen if it falls apart completely."

Marc is asking anyone with a child to check if they have this cup in any condition and is willing to pay for it as well as postage. "Ben hasn't drunk at school since the age of 5, he doesn't drink outside of the house so we can't go anywhere," Marc wrote. "People say he will drink when he's thirsty, but two emergency trips to [the emergency room] with severe dehydration say otherwise."

Tommee Tippee let Marc know over Twitter that they have a dedicated team at their headquarters searching for any of those cups in storage and told the public that if they have the same cup at home, they will send them directly to the family free of charge. According to an update from Marc, the company was able to find one, which is amazing but not enough to last Ben for the rest of his life.

"The reality is Ben is unlikely to change, I will need these for the rest of his life. That's a lot of cups," Marc wrote. It's got to be easier to collect them now than they in 10 years, less will be around then. I don't want to appear greedy, I'm being realistic."

Marc's original tweet has gone viral with thousands sharing his message. Since it was first posted, dozens of strangers have already come up with the special blue cup and his grateful dad said that enough is on the way to hopefully last a few years.



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