2nd-grader with cerebral palsy gets 'dream job' as Hershey's chocolate tester

CLASS. SO YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WORK? WELL, HERSHEY’S HELPED MAKE ONE. IT FOUND THIS BOY’S DREAM JOB A REALITY. I FOUND IT SO BAD THERE. BUT. ALL RIGHT. LANE. LANE HARTSELL HAS CEREBRAL PALSY. HE IS NONVERBAL AND NON MOBILE. LAST YEAR, LANE SCHOOL HOSTED A CAREER DAY BECAUSE OF HIS DISABILITY. CITY AND LANE SCHOOL SUGGESTED A FEW JOBS FOR HIM, LIKE AN ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND CRITIC, A MOVIE CRITIC AND A HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE TASTE TESTER. I LIKE THIS ONE. NATURAL. HE CHOSE THE MOST DELICIOUS ONE, AND ONCE HERSHEY’S FOUND OUT ABOUT LANE, THE COMPANY DECIDED TO MAKE HIM ITS OFFICIAL TASTE. TESTER LANE’S STORY HAS NOW BEEN TURNED INTO AN AD THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH THE COUNTRY STARTING ON MONDAY. I LOVE IT. THAT IS SO NICE. YEAH. GOOD FOR LANE. AND IT JUST SEEMS SO FUN. BUT ALSO, I’M SURE HIS FAMILY IS JUST SO HAPPY THAT HE COULD BE A PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL AND FEELING ACCEPTED. IT’S I THINK IT’S REALLY BEAUTIFUL HOW WE HAVE CHANGED. LOOK, AS MANY THINGS THAT I THINK WE COULD ARGUE ARE WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY AND RIGHT NOW I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE BECOME FAR MORE ACCEPTING. RIGHT. DECADES AGO. I KNOW PEOPLE I ACTUALLY KNOW A WOMAN WHO STARTED AN ORGANIZATION WHEN SHE HAD A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES. AND SHE SAID BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, KEEP THEM HIDDEN. YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT IT. IT WAS SORT OF FOR FOR FAMILIES SOMETHING TO BE SHAMEFUL OF. AND NOW I FEEL LIKE WE ARE SO EMBRACING TO THE POINT WHERE WE TRY TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND