So,
I've often referred to my college years as the best years of my life. I still feel that way. Being in college shaped my life, allow me to be see myself as my friends see me. A person who has a disability, not a disabled person. There is a difference.
Meet Elyssa Olson, a young woman on the verge of such a journey:
http://elyssaolson.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/college-adventures-and-cp/