The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on.

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.

I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.