Rose Brown was left unable to speak or walk following a hit-and-run incident aged 12.
But this year she was given a new digital voice, with a Cockney accent – because of her love of EastEnders.
Now she has been given the opportunity to visit the soap’s set, which she describes as a “dream come true”.
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