A teenager from Illinois is tackling her disability head-on and attempting to positively influence thousands of others by dancing . Dayna Dobias , 19 , from Downers Grove was born with cerebral palsy , but she hopes to inspire others with her enthusiastic videos . ' I 've gotten bullied because of it and I get people all the time , staring and so it 's definitely made things difficult in my life , ' Dayna told Daily Mail Online . Scroll down for video . Challenging : Dayna Dobias , 18 , is hoping change the way people with disabilities are represented by the television , film and the fashion industry . Her hope is that the video not only entertains , but inspires others to think before judging . The teenager says her motivation for creating the video was to counteract stereotypes held by people over certain disabilities . 'People tend to think that because I have cerebral palsy I can not do anything and that I am so different from everyone else , when in reality I am pretty much just the same as everyone else , ' she added . ' I might do things a little bit differently than most people , but that does n't mean that I should be treated differently . ' This is one of several videos that Dayna has created . Last year the teenager produced another dancing clip with her strutting her stuff to Taylor Swift 's Shake It Off . Inspirational : The Illinois teen who suffers from cerebal palsy has created a video in which she dances . Do n't judge : People tend to think that because I have cerebral palsy I can not do anything and that I am so different from everyone else , when in reality I am pretty much just the same as everyone else , ' Dayna says . 'People like to define me based on disability . People just look at me and think , oh that 's just the girl with cerebral palsy , ' she said . ' I would like people to look past that and be like , oh she 's just one of us . ' Dayna says she wanted to turn any negativity that might be held over her disability into something positive and hopefully inspire others , or at the very least raise a smile . 'When I was first diagnosed with cerebral palsy , doctors warned my parents that I may never walk , but here I am dancing ! I drive , I go to college , I do things like every other 19-year-old , ' she says . The teen has now begun to do some motivational speaking at a couple of local schools . Confident : Dayna has now taken up motivational speaking and has visited several schools in the Chicago area .
co Dobias , meanwhile , has created a video in which she speaks despite having a disability that makes it difficult for her to walk . She likes TV , film and fashion , and says she ’ s not happy with how people with disabilities are represented . The ##a has created several videos during the past year aimed at changing stereotypes .