title: Disability is not a disqualification.
authors.affiliation: Jesse Shanahan is a master's student in astronomy at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Send your story to SciCareerEditor@aaas.org.
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shanahan
mesh_terms: D001256:Astronomy / Q000193:education*; D002322:Career Mobility; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005239:Fear; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014481:United States