Five year old Cayden Carbone had just had a bad day at school when an interaction with a Malden, Mass. police officer turned his whole day around. He is on the autism spectrum so it’s hard for him to overcome things that throw him off so he was in a tailspin,” Cayden’s mother Sheryl Carbone told CBS Boston. Cayden had been crying and when he walked up to officer Steven Mulcahy at a Burger King, the officer knew something was wrong. Mulcahy spent the rest of his break with the boy, even letting him climb into his cruiser. It made a huge difference in the boys day. “I think Cayden would not have gotten through Christmas had that interaction not occurred,” Sheryl told CBS Boston. Mulcahy explained that he and other Malden police officers had recently received training on how to interact with individuals with special needs, and now he considers Cayden a friend for life. The two met again this week, and Cayden was overjoyed to receive a badge and a hat. He told CBS Boston that he wants to be a policeman when he grows up. “Most of the time, people aren’t happy to see us but if we can make a friend, whether it’s Cayden, whether it’s anywhere in the course of your day, I think it’s a win just making that human touch,” Mulcahy said. https://youtube/watch?v=blAv1NlJTqg
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:41:44 +0000
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