"They were asking about my college plans, and (I) told them my parents were helping," she told KLTV.

"I kind of just stood there wide-eyed, and I just started crying ... in the middle of the restaurant," she told KLTV.

"I would like to thank him deeply and utterly," Palmer told KLTV. "It's not every day that you come across someone that's as sweet and generous."

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Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, assistant director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, says the the DOE rule change is “a slippery slope” for civil rights. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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