‘Sesame Street’ Surprises Girl with Autism on her Sweet 16!

Tori Medlyn who is mainly non-verbal and has autism is a big fan of Sesame Street! Medlyn’s mom with this in mind and knowing her daughter’s Sweet 16 was coming up reached out to PBS to see if they could do anything for her.

What happened next was amazing!

On Tori’s birthday she received memorabilia from Sesame Street along with a video message from Elmo himself! Elmo in the video mentioned several things Tori loves and wished her a very happy birthday!

Way to go Sesame Street for going above and beyond for this girl! You can see Tori’s reaction to the video below…

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