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How did neighbours in Huntsville, Alabama make an autistic boy's doorbell birthday wish come true?

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Leah Farrow posted on Facebook asking whether anyone would let her autistic son Soren, who loves ringing doorbells, trick-or-treat at their house for his 11th birthday, months before Halloween. She offered to supply the candy and hoped for about five replies. Almost a hundred neighbours said yes, CBS reporter Steve Hartman said, and none of them took her up on the candy offer.

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