When you are 8 years old, it is important to know that people care about you; that is what a Georgia family is trying to make clear for their little boy.

ATLANTA, Ga. (WGCL/Gray News) - A Georgia family celebrating an 8-year-old autistic boy’s birthday is asking for people to send him birthday cards after no one showed up to his party last year.

This time around, the family is doing something different. For Austin's 9th birthday, the family is asking total strangers, all over the state of Georgia, to write and send birthday cards to Austin.