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Elizabeth "Beth" Catlin (born September 22, 1958) is an autistic savant who sends birthday cards to people whom she has met. Using only her memory, Catlin can recall the names, birthdates, and addresses of the people she has met. As of July 2009, Catlin sends birthday cards each year to 3,834 people. In 1972, Catlin started sending birthday cards to people she has met. She sends cards to her family and friends, as well as neighbors and people at church. She asks people for their name, address, and birthdate, and then catalogues the information in her head. The cards she sends have never been returned due to a wrong address, and the spellings and birthdates have never been in error. Catlin's cards are decorated with birthday balloons. Written in colored pencil, all her cards have the message, "Happy Birthday". She funds the card-sending with her job at the S. Wilson Pollock Center for Industrial Training.〔 In the July 2009 issue of ''Reader's Digest'' (RD), Catlin was named "Best Birthday Wisher" in RD's "Best of America" feature.〔 On Catlin's birthday, she receives over 200 birthday cards from the people in her birthday circle. Many of these cards have presents of stamps.〔 Beth Catlin was born in 1958 to Don and Barb Catlin. She and her parents live in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beth Catlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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