You really just have to have a good attitude, challenge yourself, and you can accomplish great things.

If everything was perfect, it would always be a person-first conversation, but whenever I have the opportunity, I lead with my personality. If they're looking and seeing the disability first or the chair first, I know that I have the ability to change that.

We'd done a couple of road trips with my big chair, and it was such a hassle if we didn't have the van with the foldout ramp. I figured: There's got to be some option that I can use on the go. Now I can go anywhere with my friends, which is a big, life-changing thing. I can sit on it for as long as I need to.

Most of my work is comedy; it's meant to inspire empathy in people and help them find joy.

I make funny shows and put a positive message out there, showing people who have body image issues that... you don't have to look a certain way.

I used to be an insult comic, and I didn't end up liking the way that I felt about myself.

Call yourself and define your relationship to your chair the way you want to, or your disability the way you want to.