I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to help people with disabilities becom…

- Lauren Potter

I love working on 'Glee,' and I hope that there are more and more parts for me and other actors with Down syndrome in television and in movies so I c…

- Lauren Potter

I've had tons of bullies who would call me retarded, even on my Facebook page. It's sad and it really hurts. I want to tell people not to use the wor…

- Lauren Potter

Like so many other kids with special needs, I have been bullied. Kids in elementary school made me eat sand, and those same boys would walk behind me…

- Lauren Potter

I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. S…

- Lauren Potter

I get mail from people all over the world now from people who tell me that they didn't really understand Down syndrome, but because of me they have r…

- Lauren Potter

I've spoken in front of members of the U.S. Congress about a new dream of living in communities where everybody is welcome and everyone can live and …

- Lauren Potter

I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. I am so excited that the Presiden…

- Lauren Potter

Lots of people with little kids or babies with Down syndrome tell me they aren't afraid of the future for their child because of what I am doing to h…

- Lauren Potter