As long as you're living right, then you don't have to worry about what people see.

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

Working with children with autism has provided me with an opportunity to see the world in a different way. I see them strive to overcome obstacles and persevere, and learn to persevere myself. They are my inspiration.

I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.

The biggest problem I had - and the biggest problem teenagers have - is not how they dress, how they look or how they act or talk. It's how they see themselves - their self-esteem. In the tenth grade, I realized I am who I am. I've got big ears and big feet. I can etiher sulk around or I can be happy with who I am. The minute I decided to be confident with who I was, all that other stuff stopped. It's all in the way you carry yourself.

As long as you're living right, then you don't have to worry about what people see.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.