Katy Marchman: The littlest cheerleader

Katy Marchman is like any other 10-year-old girl. She’s a bright, bubbly blonde who squabbles with her 8-year-old sister, Alex, about clothes. Her mother, Kim, affectionately calls her a “diva-in-training.”

There’s just one difference — Katy lacks the ability to verbally communicate, due to her diagnosis of Angelman’s syndrome, a neuro-genetic disorder that falls on the autism spectrum.