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Mention Taylor Swift and five-year-old Ella’s eyes light up like the Christmas tree in the corner of her Surrey living room.
The tree scrapes the ceiling, and Ella is eager to play with the decorations, but her parents have set up a barricade so she can’t reach the branches.
That’s because the young girl has severe epilepsy and autism, and, although she is nearly six, the cognitive ability of a toddler.
She doesn’t seem to mind, as her attention is soon diverted to a suggestion that she sing a song by Swift, her favourite recording artist.
Yet the strong-willed Ella has other ideas.
“Meatballs,” the bright...
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