Boy with autism is joined by five girls after his departure for the ball

Having autism means socializing can be a challenge for Brodie Smith.

But he was so determined to go to his school ball after finishing his GCSE that he left alone, walking towards the place in his new three-piece suit

He soon had the whole company That a 16-year-old boy could hope, however, when a group of girls in his year stopped and invited him into his dark Range Rover, reports Daily Mail.

His style he was cheered on by his classmates while he posed for photos with the girls before going to the party.

Brodie's mother, 48-year-old Dianne, said yesterday, "I did not know anything about it for a few days." Brodie will never forget that moment.

"He did not said that he did not know the girls very well but that they had just stopped and asked him to come in. You can see on the picture how Brodie was – he had a massive, massive smile. "

She added," I was crying my eyes when he was leaving for the rom rom – I was sorry that he did not leave with a group of friends but he was too shy to ask his comrades his He could go with them. "

Brodie, who attends St. Peter's Catholic School in Solihull, West Midlands, walked up to the Hogarths hotel in town for the evening of last Wednesday when the five girls stopped.

One of them, Lottie Byrne, 16, has stated: "We were all very excited and just saw Brodie walking alone in the hotel alley.

" One of the girls said: "

The next day, the Lottie's mother, Nicky, 48, received an e-mail from the girls head. of the year congratulating them on being a "group of authentically kind and mature individuals". Mrs. Byrne proudly displayed a picture of the email on Facebook, where she became viral and alerted Brodie's mother about what had happened.

Miss Smith, special needs coordinator in a day care center, said, "Brodie has been diagnosed atypically, he has always been to mainstream school, but the condition affects his communication and socialization."

" Never had a lot of friends and was always a little target – the other kids were teasing him. He was coming home from school and was crying saying: "No one likes me, everyone takes me". It was horrible. "

She added," He finally settled down and did really well. He sat 15 GCSE and is expected to do well and hopes to do A Levels and go to college. What happened at the ball was the icing on the cake.

She describes Brodie's autism as a "hidden handicap," where "people would look at it but have trouble understanding the struggles it had."