Occupation: Comedian Birth: November 17, 1984
I didn't feel like I was putting anything good into the world, even though it was funny. I wanted to do something more positive that would have an im….
Technically I can get out of my wheelchair and crawl around and do things, but when I've traveled and they've lost my wheelchair in transit, I feel l….
When I read the script [of Glee], the whole premise was that all the high school kids were being cruel to this kid in the wheelchair, and then the qu….
My experiences of traveling abroad and going to Italy with my father, having to break down a gigantic electric chair to get on trains. You've got thr….
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 ….
I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George ….
I feel a lot of personal responsibility to undo the negative stereotypes. I know that it's not coming from a bad place. It's coming from an ignorant ….
You may not have a physical impairment, but you have things, whether it's finances, self-esteem, it doesn't matter. It's cut from the same cloth..
Writing was not my medium. I preferred to do video..
What I don't like about the way the media portrays religion is that they seem to weaponize it and use it as a tool to divide people..
No Atlantis is too underwater or fictional..
Call yourself and define your relationship to your chair the way you want to, or your disability the way you want to..
We did a book signing and people came up to me. There was an expectant mother who was like, "I think we might name our child Zach because of your wor….
There's a tendency to treat anyone with a physical disability as inspiring. I call it a pedestal of prejudice, in that you're lifting people up to di….
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'r….
I think that's where it comes into play, when you are just looking at a document or whatever and you see the word "disability." Does that automatical….
I didn't have a girlfriend until I was 29, and I thought it was because I'm in a wheelchair. And I realized that it's not that, it's because I listen….
CP is a struggle, but it's also been quite the tool for me to find success and deliver a message. It's something about me that's unique, so it'll ope….
The biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em..
You can never walk a mile in someone elses shoes, but you can walk a mile in your own and be proud of it..
You really just have to have a good attitude, challenge yourself, and you can accomplish great things..