![]() When I arrived back home, I realised that I had not only survived the six weeks visit but thrived. One day, we skipped class together to go to Disneyland. The experience was extremely difficult but I learned the importance of good friends who helped me turn a rough time into a great one. I decided to study abroad to trial living overseas and spent six weeks at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). A few weeks later, when I got an email requesting an interview, I went into a cloud of self-doubt and convinced myself working at Walt Disney World was not possible for me. I was still learning how to live out of home, and had never travelled by myself. Years later, while at uni, I noticed a poster on the wall that read: ‘Spend a year Earning, Working and Learning at Walt Disney World Resort’ on a cultural exchange program.Īfter researching the program and putting my application in, I began to feel that there was absolutely no way I could go to Walt Disney World. The magic of Walt Disney World is accessible to everyone! Attached at the bottom was a pack of pins. The next day, the cast member approached me at our hotel holding a bunch of balloons. “I don’t know how to get pins, but they’re so cool!” I said to the cast member. People trade and collect them with cast members feverishly. Pins at the Disney Parks are a massive deal. Once, I met a cast member (employee) wearing some Disney pins. It was one of the first places where I felt independent as a kid, as I was able to ride almost everything. I would watch every new Disney movie immediately it was released. Growing up, we had VHS tapes of old Mickey Mouse cartoons. But somehow, against these odds, I was living my dream! I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy Spastic Diplegia at 18 months old and use forearm crutches and a wheelchair for mobility. I was not meant to be a Walt Disney World Cast Member. I couldn’t believe that I was living and working in the most magical place on earth, Walt Disney World. ![]() ![]() ![]() I still remember wearing my cast member name tag for the first time. ![]()
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