I think the attitude you have toward your disability is very commendable. It's great that you're willing to keep moving forward despite the difficulties you've faced.
As for me, I try not to let my disability run my life, but sometimes that can be difficult. I have a seizure disorder that appeared out of nowhere when I started high school. The doctors say I don't have epilepsy, I just have random seizures. I've been put on several different kinds of seizure medication, but so far none has worked. Some medicine I took in the past, along with some medicine I'm taking now, has made my hair start falling out. I'm lucky I had really thick hair beforehand, or else I'd barely have hair at all. It's gotten so thin, and it breaks easily.
My seizures also cause injuries; I tend to bite down very hard on my lip (you're unconscious during a seizure) to the point that I bust my lip open and have a difficult time eating. I could also easily fall and hit something when I start having one, it's happened several times before and once I even had to get stitches. I'm also 19 years old and can't drive, because I could have a seizure. I have to be at least one year seizure free before I can try to get a permit. I also can't get a job, not only because I'm a liability and nobody wants to hire me, but because no matter what job I try to find, it would be extremely easy for me to get hurt very badly from a seizure. Waitress? Nope. Fast food worker? Nope. Wal mart? Even there, nope.
However, I do try to look at the bright side of things and I continue to hope that someday, the doctors will discover why the medicine I have to take doesn't work, and be able to rid me of my seizures.