With the assistance of a state vocational rehabilitation agency, a student with a disability successfully achieved their lifelong dream of becoming a registered nurse. The program provided crucial support throughout their education, including a training grant for college tuition, transportation assistance to reach clinical sites, and valuable counseling that fostered essential self-advocacy skills. Today, they are successfully employed on the night shift at a specialized hospital unit helping patients recover and grow, fulfilling their desire to care for others. Looking to the future, they plan to gain a few years of clinical experience before returning to school to pursue a license as a nurse practitioner.

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