00:00You have had so many incredible experiences since starring on Love on the Spectrum.
00:05You were recently on the Today Show, I believe, and Vanessa Hudgens sent you a special shout-out.
00:11Hi, Abby. It's Vanessa Hudgens.
00:13Now, I know today is World Autism Awareness Day, so I just wanted to take a minute to tell you
00:18how much you inspire me.
00:20I am so proud of you, and I hope you have an amazing day.
00:24When you saw that Vanessa sent you that special message, what was going through your mind?
00:28I was, like, starstruck, over the moon, on cloud nine.
00:33You know your mood boosters, right?
00:34Absolute mood boosters, and it was incredible to see how you boosted the mood of Miley Cyrus at the Hannah
00:40Montana 20th anniversary special.
00:42Oh, yes, because I really connected to that show.
00:44I felt like two people like you in the show. That's what it means to me.
00:47Really?
00:48Because why?
00:49Well, yeah, because I'm on the autism spectrum, and I related to your show, and I used to love watching
00:55you growing up.
00:55What makes you feel like you have kind of both? Like, who's your, how do you?
00:59My real self is average. My other self is on the spectrum. Just like how your true self is Miley
01:04Stewart, and then your secret pop star was together.
01:05I love that.
01:06And then you also met Chapel Rhone there, too.
01:08Chapel Rhone was there.
01:09It's so nice to meet you.
01:11I love you on the show.
01:13Oh, my God!
01:14Christine, how does it feel just to watch Abby blossom?
01:17You know, Abby reminds me to keep the faith about everything, and she is the one that has done all
01:23of the work, 22 years of speech therapy.
01:26She started in therapy at two and a half. She was diagnosed right around that same time.
01:31Autism school, therapists, clipboards coming in and out of her house, you know, working on, you know, helping her manage
01:37her autism and participate.
01:39So to see this today, to see her joy and innocent manifesting of great things, is, it's just, I just
01:45want everyone to believe.
01:47I want everyone to feel that no matter what's going on in your life, study the course, and think positively,
01:53and watch what happens.
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