This is the third installment of a Law.com series called “Disabling Ableism: Making the Legal Profession More Accessible,” which aims to highlight both the challenges and opportunities law students with disabilities face before, during and after law school, as well as how the legal industry can better embrace disability as a form of diversity.

A person’s career path can be influenced by many things: their education, the professions of those in their lives while growing up, innate talents and interests among other things, but does having a disability influence one’s choice of profession?