Paralympic champion and Strictly star has been described as an 'inspiration' after she bravely made the decision to track down her birth mum who gave her up for adoption. And the emotional moment she met her mum for the first time has been aired on television, as part of a new documentary.
Ellie, who has achondroplasia dwarfism, revealed she was given up for adoption when she was two weeks old, as she tracked down her birth mother for the documentary. Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family, which aired on ITV on Thursday, explored the relationship between disability and adoption.
Speaking of the moment she saw her mum for the first time, Eillie said: "We have the same sense of humour. I kept looking at her and thinking wow, that's my mum. She thinks about me every day and that got me. She always sees me as a daughter."
