Sammi Haney plays Esperanza (Dion’s best friend), a sassy wheelchair user, on Netflix’s Raising Dion. She started DisabilityShirts (see links), an online t-shirt company that provides themed apparel and products for people with disabilities (and their parents and supporters) in a mission to spread awareness, acceptance, and love for the special needs community. She also sells her own fan merchandise. All of the shirts were created by her father, Matt Haney, who also plays her father in Raising Dion for 1 very brief scene. Sammi Haney was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type III or “Brittle Bone Disease”.