How Can you Label me Mentally delayed?

Keep on labeling me another statistics is all it is its funny how all those labels still don't match I am an advocate all over for people with disabilities in my first semester of college I made it to national honor GPA 3.0 and still doing well. How do you label and individual such word mild mentally delayed since I had my last psychology evaluation at 16 years old and continues to follow me today ..its has been documented.. I am afraid that this will impact me in my future job wise and agency wise even though I feel many of these agency places a philsophy view on indivduals like for example " Oh shes wheelchair bound she can't transfer she can't be apart of our supported employment because you can't transfer on her own..that's discriminating..I explain..At times they see an individual like myself their first point of view is that I am in a Day program although I have nothing against it its better than being home but where is the productive in abilities instead they look at their disability and make it the end of the world. When I tell many people I am in college they are in shock..Why would anyone be? I want and go to college because I refuse to go to a day program because I have the ability and mind set that can expand. I refuse to be bored in what I do daily. At last I go to college for experiences until I am bless with further opportunities. Did you every take a moment to get to know me more I am very open minded, thoughtful and full of dreams. College and mild mental challenged does not equal.. I reach the point where I do not let it define me to no point but in can track me anywhere from when I want to be the president in the White House or some organization for people with disabilities..
There is so many thoughts on this
Can you tell me what disability means to you?
We need to expend on the word disability.

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