I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.

But my message to people with or without a condition is the fact that you can still do anything you set your mind to. You just have to do it in a slightly different way than other people.

I get a lot of people who will either write to me or come up in public and say, "My daughter, son, family, or I, etc. look up to you."

My mom thought I might be good for voiceover. She thought I had a cute voice, so maybe I could do a cartoon or something. And while we were looking into that, we also thought I should get into theater acting, so I tried it and the first audition I went on, I booked it. And it kind of just snowballed from there.

When I was 6 I became the poster child for my hospital and would go to banquets and make speeches. I did not get stage fright and I actually enjoyed talking to people of all ages.

It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done.

Normalcy to me is enjoying the simple things in life.