<p>For example, I am type 1 diabetic and I'm not sure if that will help me, hurt me, or merely be neutral in the eyes of an admissions officer.</p>
<p>Diabetes would not help/hurt you any way at all, just as being a paraplegic wouldn’t help or hurt you.</p>
<p>Definitely wouldn’t hurt you! If you talked at all about how you had to overcome struggles because of it then it would help you.</p>