The heartbreaking reason this boy's homework is going viral

People say school can be some of the best and worst days of your life and this boy's homework assignment shows just how hard it can be.

Bob Cornelius didn't realise that his son Christoper, who has autism, struggled integrating with his classmates until he saw his homework displayed on his classroom wall.

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Christopher's teacher's has assigned the kids questions which asked them to describe themselves and his answers will leave you heartbroken.

One question asked Christopher to finish this statement: ‘Some of my friends are...' to which he responded: 'No one.'

His clearly upset father took the assignment home and posted about it on Facebook writing: "Never have five letters cut so deep, and they weren’t even directed at me….it was just an overly simplistic statement that spoke volumes."

"It’s clear to me that he desperately wants to be part of the group, but his challenges make it difficult for his peers to include him."

He went on to ask that parents explain to their children that "children with special needs understand far more than we give them credit for. They notice when others exclude them."

"They are very much in tune when they are treated differently from everyone else.

"Trust me when I tell you this hurts them. Even if it's not obvious to you and me."

Since posting the letter to his Facebook account last week, Christopher has received thousands of letters, care packages and well wishes from adults who sympathise with his story and other children, who want him to know that he has a friend out there .

"All this attention is a little surreal," Bob said on Facebook.

"I hope you understand that I have reached a point where I cannot possibly respond to everyone as was my original intent.

"The messages are in the thousands at this point. But I do answer as many as I can, and I'd like to thank everyone for sharing their stories with me and my family."

The message has been shared nearly 50,000 times and Bob posted a picture of Chris looking extremely happy amongst his hoards of mail.

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