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How You Can Help Return a Lanyard to Its Autistic Owner

News of a red lanyard discovered at Disneyland Resort in California has gone viral. On Thursday, March 24, a Disneyland Cast Member discovered the lanyard and gave it to another Cast Member, who was working at a pin trading event. It contained four pins, but what sets it apart is the note that was attached. It states, “Hello! I am autistic, and I don’t talk much, but I would like to trade for Mickey Pins!” The Cast Members did as many Disney fans would expect, they filled up the lanyard with pins and added a Mickey Medallion. The owner did not return for the lanyard as hoped.

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Emily Fuller Gibby is a Cast Member who was working the event, and she wants to return the lanyard to its rightful owner. Gibby has taken to social media, adding pictures of the lanyard and asking anyone who knows to whom it might belong to contact her through Facebook or Instagram. If you have any information you can also call Disneyland Resort at 714-781-7277 and mention the lanyard. If you do not know who it belongs to, please still share the information. Gibby’s original post has already been shared more than 12,000 times. Sharing the post might help the lanyard to be returned to its rightful owner, and it will also spread the word during Autism Awareness Month.

About PaulaK

I grew up in Western Massachusetts. When I was nine my family went to Disneyland and I was hooked. I grew up, attended New England College in Henniker, NH and eventually moved to Virginia. I worked as a disc jockey, married and became a full time mom when our daughter was born. Fast forward several years. In 2010 we moved to Central Florida and my Disney obsession grew. I now work as a freelance writer and spend my spare time in the parks. Under the name Paula Brown I penned the novels Dream Wanderers and The Coffee Cruiser. I also am a co-author of Dining at Walt Disney World: The Definitive Guide. I'm obsessed with Star Wars, so this is a good time to live in Central Florida. I've been a vegetarian for well over a decade, a choice that my daughter eventually made as well. While my husband still hasn't joined us fully he has given up most meats except for seafood. I was relieved to find that vegetarian dining is not difficult at Walt Disney World.