The only people who I know that are in college are around my age, so I needed help connecting with people who were ahead of me since I was clueless to what I need to do to get to the next step of getting into medical school.

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For instance, when I first became disabled I couldn't even ring an alarm bell if I needed help but now I can operate many items of equipment in my home.

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