'Rhianna is autistic, she’s high functioning but she doesn’t get the social cues,' the mum told Daily Mail Australia.
'She gets bullied a lot and didn’t have any friends to invite. I invited my friends and their children.'
'I went outside. I sat out there for a good hour or two bawling my eyes out,' she said. 'I don’t know how to tell her nobody is coming.
'How do I explain to a nine year old with autism that nobody is coming to her birthday party? I felt so heartbroken. I felt like a failure as a mum.'
In her distress, the 26-year-old took to a Facebook group she was a part of, Midnight Mums, to post about what had happened.
'Then my phone just kept buzzing and buzzing,' Ms Butchers said. 'There was already over 100 comments on the Facebook post.
'People from all over the world were posting photos of their kids with signs, wishing Rhianna a happy birthday.
'In the end there was at least 40 adults and children. My house was packed,' the mom said.