Whether it was at a time when medical professionals were warning him he would not be able to walk or at a time when he would be alone in his room without friends, the Roughriders kept Dylan Earis company and a reason to feel hopeful about what lay ahead.

Since he has cerebral palsy, Dylan Earis says his mom used to take care of everything from picking up things he dropped to putting ketchup on his bun. But the 30-year-old is now having fun discovering what it means to rely on himself.

Dylan Earis rarely saw representations of disabilities on television as a child. Watching a character on Breaking Bad with cerebral palsy portrayed by someone who actually had cerebral palsy changed the game in making him feel seen.