I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.
I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much.
It is a lonely existence to be a child with a disability which no-one can see or understand, you exasperate your teachers, you disappoint your parents, and worst of all you know that you are not just stupid.

