Being a parent of a child with a disability is not easy and can be scary in the beginning. Many disabilities are still stigmatized, although places are becoming more attentive to this, making businesses more accessible and brands featuring individuals with disabilities as models.
Individuals with disabilities are just like able-bodied individuals, and this four-year-old with Down Syndrome is proving that at the young age of four.
He's a child model, represented by Zebedee Management, who work specifically with people with disabilities and capture every bit of Riley's infectious positive personality through their work.
"Riley is getting so much out of life and whenever he accomplishes something it seems that little bit extra special knowing how much harder he had to work for it," his dad Stuart told Caters.
Riley absolutely loves modeling.
"He loves the camera, you say pose and he will make this little pout followed by sticking his tongue out," Stuart said.
He's showing that people with disabilities can do the same things that able-bodied people can do and achieve their dreams.
