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

It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

I did get a degree in special education.

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.