📅 Review Note: This review is based on our family’s visit in May 2015. Aulani’s core accessible room features and ADA infrastructure have remained consistent, but activity offerings, dining options, and pricing will have changed. We’d love to hear updates from recent visitors — drop a note in the comments below! We’ve never been on…
Dwarf Tossing in the Movies Since the release of Wolf of Wall Street on Christmas Day 2013, a lot of exasperation has been expressed over its opening scene. In the movie, a room full of boisterous stockbrokers is shown taking turns throwing two dwarfs wearing helmets at a large dartboard. The main character (played by…
When you read through our son’s official grade school adaptive equipment list, it reads a bit like a luxury backstage rider for a rock star. He truly is a rock star in his own right, but this specific collection of gear is what allowed him to safely navigate his school campus independently. He has utilized…
PSA (Public Service Announcement): Midget is considered an offensive term. We prefer to be called by our name. And more appropriately, we prefer to be called a person with dwarfism or some prefer Little Person (LP). National Public Radio’s (NPR) World Have Your Say (#WHYS) asked: Have you been offended by a joke? Well, yeah,…
An Average Height parent of an LP recently posted that a restaurant in New York is advertising a dwarf tossing event. She thought it was completely disrespectful and that it “goes back to the whole idea of little people being used for entertainment purposes.” This mom of an infant LP son encouaged people to call…