In dystopian times like those we are currently living in, it's reassuring to see a story that reminds us there are a lot of kind people out there. One of those people is Deborah Price, who recently asked the internet for help in finding a dress for her friend's daughter, who has autism. People came through in a big way, and the internet was used the way it should always be used: as a tool to bring people together for the common good.

Friend’s autistic daughter only wears this dress. Don’t judge. Sometimes people can’t cope with certain stuff &it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things does it. Question is has anyone got this @nextofficial dress from 3yrs ago in age 11plus & if so can we buy them off you? pic.twitter.com/unQQeWWZma
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 6, 2019

"Friend's autistic daughter only wears this dress," she wrote. "Don't judge. Sometimes people can't cope with certain stuff & it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things does it. Question is has anyone got this @nextofficial dress from 3yrs ago in age 11plus & if so can we buy them off you?"

Instead of judging, people had the opposite reaction. Price's tweet went viral with thousands of shares. And responses rolled in from those wishing to help in any way they could.

I don't have the dress, but if it would help I'd be happy to get some of the fabric (Is it just plain black T-shirt cotton?) and try to make a similar one for her.
— Sempronius MacDugong (@macdugong) July 6, 2019

I have managed to find two for sale on eBay, unfortunately neither are the right size but I am wondering if they could be altered to fit? pic.twitter.com/3AzRnLPG6F
— Louise Champion (@LouiseJChampion) July 7, 2019

Looking at it there - It looks like it's a ringspun cotton jersey with un-hemmed arms + hem, and a T-shirt neck... Most of which I could likely recreate from an old XXXL men's T-shirt from a charity shop, which is worn-in already (Though it would have to have one side-seam)
— Sempronius MacDugong (@macdugong) July 6, 2019

The tweet eventually got the attention of a woman who had the exact dress the woman was looking for.

I have it in size 12 or 13 I think.
— Katie Brand (@KtMBrand) July 6, 2019

The girl's mom responded to thank her.

That would be awesome thank you so much Katie!! (+ Debs!) x
— Kate Bell (@MousMakes) July 6, 2019

Then another woman shared that her 12-year-old daughter also had the dress in the requested size:

My 12year old has got one in a size 12 years! If you send me your address we’ll pop it in the post 😘 pic.twitter.com/0FQnPcQx7Q
— Nicole Arumugam (@NicoleArumugam) July 7, 2019

Even the company weighed in, saying they wanted to try and help even though the dress had been discontinued.

Hey Deborah, we have dropped this item from our range but we'd still like to help get this item for your friend's daughter. We can't guarantee it but we will try our very best to contact the supplier and see if we can produce a few more batches of this dress.

1/2
— Next (@nextofficial) July 6, 2019

If you can, could you ask your friend who is searching for this dress to contact us. We can arrange for the relevant team to sort something out for them.

2/2

Kind regards,
— Next (@nextofficial) July 6, 2019

Deborah was moved by the overwhelmingly positive response to her initial tweet, and responded with this thread to update everyone and share her gratitude:

STOP THE CLOCK! Yesterday I put a tweet out asking people if they had this Next dress from 3 years ago because my friend @mousmakes has a daughter with autism who can only wear that dress. I asked people not to judge because in the scheme of things it doesn’t matter does it. 1/10 pic.twitter.com/AbqmR4zd6z
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

She’ll eventually grow out of her fascination with this dress or not. Who cares. Doesn’t matter. It would just give her and her mum a bit of breathing space and make the dress stress less. Well you know how Twitter’s generally a bit of a bear pit these days? Well.. 2/10
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

.. well it wasn’t yesterday. Something lovely happened. People started to retweet it to look for the dress. Some people found a link on eBayfor a top in the same fabric, some offered to make another dress but.. 3/10 pic.twitter.com/ebFfnKsz8L
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

4/10 it wouldn’t have worked because she needs this particular distressed jersey *textile designer face* Even @nextofficial with their great big corporate office & profit margins to watch said they’d speak to the suppliers this week & see if there was any fabric left to run up.. pic.twitter.com/71WimbzMgi
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

..another small batch of dresses for Kate’s daughter. In the end one lady @KTMBrand said her daughter had an age 16 one & she’s sending it to us, it’ll be too big but it doesn’t matter it’ll be OK if she needs this dress for a few more years, another lady has an age 10 one (5/10)
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

and she’s sending it to us (6/10) ..
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

(it’s a little small but the my friend’s daughter can wear it at home meaning that her other one can be worn when she’s out and about) and then the most amazing tweet! STOP THE CLOCK! A girl called Mila found her age 12 dress which will be perfect.. 7/10 pic.twitter.com/Eiu65cJCQH
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

.. and she said to her mum @Nicolearumugam that she would send it to us. I told the mum to tell Mila how kind she is, she’s given my friend some breathing space and made her daughter’s day too. Not only that but she’s said I can share this story (8/10)
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

because I think it totally restores your faith in human nature. Absolutely bowled over by the kindness of strangers. Massive thanks to each and every one of you from me and @MousMakes and huge thanks to the two girls who have chosen to send their dresses. (9/10)
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

You’re amazing and your mums are pretty amazing too for raising such lovely daughters but mostly you’re great because you’ve made a little girl really happy to continue to be in her favourite dress.. (10/10) pic.twitter.com/Q0szue1hGa
— Deborah Price (@deborahprice1) July 7, 2019

And just like that, faith in humanity restored. For now at least.

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