I picked up dragon fruit as a hobby a couple of years ago and now have 10 varieties growing in the backyard. As a dwarf parent, accessibility shaped every decision — most dragon fruit trellises stand 6 to 7 feet tall, which puts pruning, hand-pollinating, and harvesting completely out of reach. The build below uses…
Good morning, ADA Coordinator. My name is (parent name). I am a parent with a child with an orthopedic impairment at Johnson Elementary. You and I met at the District community advisory committee meeting in December when I addressed the inaccessibility at Johnson. The school had just changed the entrance into the school, which limited people…
LP mom here. I’m 4′ tall and I have 2 kids (one AH, one LP). Both started swim lessons at age 9 months. The never used water wings, etc. We always held them in the water or were in the water with them until they could be water safe because water wings, etc. give children…
Packing for the 2018 LPA National Conference in Orlando, we needed rain ponchos. Rain in Orlando during summer is unpredictable. We considered umbrellas, but we didn’t want the weight and the risk of it breaking. Ponchos were the way to go. Being the thorough person, Dwarf Dad wanted to check out the best ponchos. We…
On Dwarf Dad’s first visit to Europe as a child, he was exploring a new hotel in England and encountered an old-school bidet. His sister wondered what that odd contraption was, turned the handle and promptly got sprayed in the face. At the time, you didn’t find any kind of bidet on the mass market…