'I'm proving everyone wrong': Actors with Down syndrome enjoying new era of media representation

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Madison Tevlin went viral in 2015 when her YouTube cover of John Legend’s All of Me blew up.

The Toronto teen had only intended family and friends to see it, but she’s now racked up more than eight million views and is onto her next gig: a CBC show.

It’s called Who Do You Think I Am, in which Tevlin interviews a roster of guests who are misperceived due to their exterior appearance.

Tevlin has Down syndrome, in which an individual is born with an extra copy of the 21st chromosome, leading to some cognitive and developmental disability. She wants to

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