“What you said to me a year ago has changed my life, and you probably don’t even know it,” my friend Natasha told me. “What do you mean?” I asked her.

“What’s that sound coming out of your patient’s room?” asked the nurses to my nurse. “That’s laughter,” she said. They don’t hear that sound often.

Not much has changed except from being a student at UGA to now on staff at UGA. One year on the job, and I’m having an absolute blast.

Having a disability makes you face challenges and obstacles that push you to your limits. Every day.