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Autistic boy, nine, receives post from around the world on his birthday NewsColony A deaf and autistic boy who hasn’t got any friends, was surprised with more than 700 birthday cards sent by strangers across the world. Natasha James, 33, from Plymouth, Devon, put an appeal out on Facebook to see if anyone would send her son Dylan a card for his ninth birthday.  Having been taken out of school due to his condition more than a year ago, Dylan lost contact with other pupils while he spent nine months receiving treatment in London . Natasha said they were stunned by the mountain of cards that kept arriving through the post for him – even during the coronavirus lockdown. Dylan James (pictured) from Plymouth, Devon, who was taken out of school over a year ago due to his health condition, has received 714 birthday cards from strangers around the world Dylan spent most of his birthday on Thursday 26 March, opening up his 714 cards as his mother filmed his joyous reaction to a...