Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.
All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened.
Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.