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Heartwarming moment waitresses sing happy birthday to deaf boy in sign language


Two waitresses have given a little hearing impaired boy a birthday he will never forget after they used sign language to sing to him.

Octavius Mitchell Jr, 4, was born hearing impaired and for his most recent birthday his mum took him to Texas Roadhouse in Tennessee earlier this year, WTVF reports.

Guests at the restaurant normally get to sit on the saddle and staff sing to them on their birthdays.

But when one of the waitresses, Kathryn Marasco, realised it was Octavius’s big day, and that he is hearing impaired, she decided to surprise the family.

Octavius Mitchell, 4, who is hearing impaired, smiles as waitresses use sign language to sign happy birthday to him at the Texas Roadhouse in Tennessee. Source: Facebook/ Shatika Montreishiya
Octavius Mitchell, 4, who is hearing impaired, smiles as waitresses use sign language to sign happy birthday to him at the Texas Roadhouse in Tennessee. Source: Facebook/ Shatika Montreishiya

Ms Marasco enlisted co-worker Brandi White’s help and the pair watched a YouTube video to sign happy birthday for him.

Video uploaded to Facebook by Shatika Dixon, the little boy’s mum, shows the two waitresses making his fourth birthday extra special.

Little Octavius sits across from the pair as they sign to him, smiling.

“Oh, my goodness,” his mum says.

His mum later said people think “we’re crazy” when she’s out using sign language with her son.

Octavius Mitchell, 4, who is hearing impaired, smiles as waitresses use sign language to sign happy birthday to him at the Texas Roadhouse in Tennessee. Source: WTVF
Octavius with his mum Shatika Dixon. Source: WTVF

“So, it’s really important to me that someone noticed that and picked up on that and made that special just for him, my baby,” Ms Dixon said.

In other heart-warming news, a young supermarket employee was praised last month for allowing a customer with autism help him stock shelves.

Jordan Taylor, a 20-year-old who works at Rouses Market in the US state of Louisiana, was stocking the store’s refrigerators when he noticed Jack Ryan, a 17-year-old with autism, watching him work.

Jack’s father, Sid Edwards, said that his son was so engrossed in Mr Taylor’s work that he initially thought he wanted orange juice. However, even after grabbing a bottle of juice, Jack was still watching Mr Taylor work. That’s when the staffer asked if the teen wanted to help.

A tradie’s act of kindness towards a senior citizen also went viral after the Bendigo man decided to pay for his McDonald’s meal after noticing the elderly man fumbling with change.

He also gave the elderly man $20.