How would you feel if people always said, "You can't do that"? Well one Central Florida woman is proving people wrong as an advocator for the disabled.

Sarah Goldman always seems to be on the move; quite a challenge for someone with Cerebral Palsy, but it's a challenge she embraces.

“It's hard growing up when you're constantly shut down by people telling you to be realistic or you can't go after your dreams and you can't do things. You start to internalize that and believe it so as soon as I found my voice, I just felt really empowered to go make things different,” Goldman said.

That voice keeps getting louder. At UCF, Sarah has served as a mentor in the disabilities office on campus. One focus was helping non-handicapped people "open their eyes" to access obstacles, like broken or blocked push plates for doors.

“Unless you experience that life every day, we don't expect people to realize things that are an issue, and that's why we create awareness. Because without awareness, nothing can be done.”

With her social work professor, she launched a Facebook movement -- Student Advocates Reaching For Awareness and Hope, referred to as the S.A.R.A.H. Project.

“We just created legislative awareness of issues that people with disabilities face on college campuses from gaining personal care attendants to even getting in and out of classrooms,” Goldman said.

A campus presentation led to her appointment as youth representative for the Governor's Commission on Jobs for Floridians with Disabilities. Sarah has experienced firsthand the issues like the transition from high school to college, and specialized transportation.

She even made a trip to Washington last month for talks about the "Able Act" to help people with disabilities keep their benefits while they're working.

“So for me, as soon as I start working and I make a salary, I'll lose all my personal care attendants," said Sarah. "So without my personal care assistants, I can't get up in the morning and go to work, which is a big cycle. If I can't go to work, [I] can't make money.”

Sarah majored in clinical social work at UCF and heads to Tallahassee in the fall seeking a masters degree in clinical practice. But counseling others is just one job she sees in her future.

“My whole goal is to do policy and advocacy work and just represent people with disabilities. I think so many people with disabilities don't realize that they have a voice and so I want to be that voice for them now that I've found mine and also speak up for those who can't.”

Sarah had to fight to get Medicaid assistance for the personal care assistant she needs while attending school. She has been pushing for legislation to increase support for disabled students entering universities so they can pursue their dreams of higher education, and becoming self-supporting, independent adults.