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Maysoon Zayid – Destigmatizing Disability, Comedy at the Core, & Finding Another Dream! – EP141

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Synopsis

Maysoon is a comedian, author, disability advocate, and self-confessed hustler. Maysoon has been facing into challenges in her life from the very beginning after being born with cerebral palsy. She was treated the same as her sisters growing up and never saw the disability as something to hold her back from following her dreams. We talk about her career, tap dancing, acting, comedy, work as an advocate for Muslims and Arabs in the US as well as her work helping people overcome the stigma with disabilities. She has a new audio book called Find Another Dream coming out through Reese Witherspoon's company, Hello Sunshine. The book has been on the best seller list for weeks and is beating Donald Trump Jr’s book. We cover a lot during this interview and here is a summary of it:•Facing challenges from the very start •Dealing with Cerebral Palsy & how to approach life with the disability •Growing up without any discrimination or bullying •Feeling discrimination for being disabled when going to college •Becoming