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Published 17:58 19 Aug 2013 BST

Karla Begley from Ontario in Canada received this anonymous hate letter about her 13-year-old son Max who is living with severe autism.
The letter, which was slipped under the family’s front door, urged that she move and take her “wild animal kid” to live in a trailer somewhere.
A close family friend has an autistic boy and this was an anonymous letter slipped under her door. This is real. pic.twitter.com/VyRb2oqPrG
— Lennon and Maisy (@lennonandmaisy) August 19, 2013
This image was posted on twitter by the young musical duo, Lennon and Maisy with the caption, “A close family friend has an autistic boy and this was an anonymous letter slipped under her door. This is real.”
The letter refers to Max as an “idiot kid,” “nuisance,” "retarded" and “mentally handicapped,” and suggests that Karla donates “whatever non retarded body parts he possesses” to science, as nobody will ever love or hire him.
The letter has shocked the entire community and the family is planning on pressing charges.
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