Blog Anniversary – First Year Favorites

Jane Oliver comment: [I] came to the same conclusion you did here. . . I just don’t get what is so hard for anyone, especially Christians, to understand about how to love and serve others.

One Smile Worth 2,000 Chocolate Bars, October 12, 2020, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/one-smile-worth-2000-chocolate-bars/

Post excerpt: Six months after starting a new job, a kindergarten height toilet suddenly appeared in the bathroom. . . I had to ask, What did the company think I’d been doing all this time when I needed to use the bathroom?

What should I call you? November 2, 2020, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/what-should-i-call-you/

Post excerpt: The better question to ask is, What’s your name?

“Accessible” Public Bathroom Absurdities, November 16, 2020, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/accessible-public-bathroom-absurdities/

Post excerpt: On National Absurdity Day my mind jumps to my collection of absurd “accessible” public bathroom photos.

Kathy Bates comment: I’m both laughing and weeping at these photos. . . Disability is not for wimps!

Underdog Motivation, December 14, 2020, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/underdog-motivation/

Jessica Morgenthal comment: I have dwarfism. . . My 4th grade teacher told my parents that I would not amount to anything . . . My parents . . . pushed me to show her that she was wrong. . . I graduated [college] with a Bachelor of Science . . .with a 4.0 GPA. 

 “Death with Dignity” Laws Deadly to Disabled, January 18, 2021, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/death-with-dignity-laws-deadly-to-disabled/

Post excerpt: “Death with dignity,” as physician assisted suicide is euphemistically called, is legal in Washington, D.C. and eight states.

Vigilante Policing of Disabled Parking Spaces, February 8, 2021, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/vigilante-policing-of-disabled-parking-spaces/

Erica’s comment: I strongly agree . . . I know many people with hidden disabilities who have been harassed and treated unfairly because they don’t look like they need it.

Paulette Beurrier (guest). Celebrate People Blessed With Down Syndrome, March 22, 2021,https://angelamuirvanetten.com/celebrate-people-blessed-with-down-syndrome/  

Post excerpt: Faith was the first student with Down syndrome to graduate with a standard diploma in our county!

Susan’s comment: Our 16 year old grandson with Ds is a blessing to our entire family! 

Tackling Inaccessible Medical Equipment, April 19, 2021, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/tackling-inaccessible-medical-equipment/

Marge Carlisle comment: Great post and personal story. I need an eye exam and have been wondering how I will navigate my eye doctors exam rooms with my power wheelchair. It will elevate, but just navigating the room will be a tight squeeze.

Advocacy Makes Change Possible, May 17, 2021, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/advocacy-makes-change-possible/

The third book in my dwarfism trilogy—Always An Advocate—offers hope to those who are skeptical about changing society’s discriminatory treatment of people with dwarfism and other disabilities.

Measure Up for Independence, July 5, 2021, https://angelamuirvanetten.com/measure-up-for-independence/ 

Post excerpt: The Measure-Up Campaign was one of the many battles Little People of America won in our fight for independence [in the built environment].