A Trendy Olympic Sport—Hotel Bed Climbing? July 26, 2021. https://angelamuirvanetten.com/a-trendy-olympic-sport-hotel-bed-climbing/
Post excerpt: . . . The bed was level with our chest and must have been at least 27 inches tall. At our height of 40 inches, this was an impossible feat. There was no stool in sight and none were available at the front desk. . . So how could this happen in an accessible room? Doesn’t the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) address bed height? . . .
Pat & Rich comment: With the newer beds being so tall our regular foot stool we carry in our luggage would not accommodate us! This situation has become an issue for traveling.
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DWARFISM TRILOGY COMPLETE: Recurring Pattern of Three Emerges. September 27, 2021. https://angelamuirvanetten.com/dwarfism-trilogy-complete-recurring-pattern-of-three-emerges/
Post excerpt: After 33 years, my dwarfism trilogy is complete. Three books in a little more than three decades about God’s three gifts of grace in my life—faith, hope, and love. As it happens, the word “three” has emerged as a thread in this cradle to retirement memoir series.
Making the Impossible Happen. October 4, 2021. https://angelamuirvanetten.com/making-the-impossible-happen/
Post excerpt: Characterized as the biggest state and local building code change in 20 years, October 8, 1997 is a date few know to commemorate. This is when. . . the six-inch reach barrier was [broken making] ATMs, gas pumps, elevators accessible to people with dwarfism and half a million others whose disability involved a reach limitation.
Be Thankful in All Circumstances. December 27, 2021. https://angelamuirvanetten.com/be-thankful-in-all-circumstances/
Post excerpt: I’m thankful that God protected us from being exposed to COVID-19 and that our double vaccination came without side effects. One way of staying safe at home was to order home delivered groceries. Our neighbors even benefited when my order for nine individual bananas was misinterpreted as an order for nine pounds of bananas!
Take Action Against ADA Access Violations. January 24, 2022. https://angelamuirvanetten.com/take-action-against-ada-access-violations/
Post excerpt: Thirty years after the effective date of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on January 26, 1992, I didn’t expect to read about an accessibility nightmare. But that’s exactly what a Little Person wrote about her recent experience trying to order fast food from a McDonald’s self-serve kiosk.
Honeymoon Romance Takes A Dive. February 14, 2022. https://angelamuirvanetten.com/honeymoon-romance-takes-a-dive/
Kathleen comment: Angela, great story! I can picture the whole scene.
The Gift of Being Distinctive. May 2, 2022. https://angelamuirvanetten.com/the-gift-of-being-distinctive/
Post excerpt: I have come to see my size is a gift that should not be wasted. I can use it to positively influence how people perceive disability, illustrate our abilities, interact with kindness, increase integration into the mainstream, and identify barriers that demand removal. I can impede the impact of negative behaviors by being impervious to the impertinence, isolating offenders, and indicting those who interfere with civil rights and impose both inequality and injustice on people with disabilities.
Juliette comment: The message to embrace who we’re created to be is so timely for us all right now. Love it.
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