The closest person I had for a role model that I really knew of was Danny DeVito. I also registered that gymnasts were often kind of like me, except that their athletic abilities were so foreign to my sensibilities I didn’t really consider that I was on the same plane of existence.

As I have gotten older, I have connected with more people with dwarfism as well as people with disabilities of so many different kinds. Unfortunately, however, many of the people who are visible on social media platforms are influencers with product endorsements and professional styling teams. Their job is to be advocates and influencers.

There is nothing wrong with that, but for the majority of disabled people this is not a practical goal. I’m a marketer. Other people may be professors, librarians, financial consultants, whatever. We are just normal people who are living with our disabilities in our otherwise pretty normal lives.

I hope this website can offer a glimpse of what it’s like to be a not famous person with a disability. I have no one doing my hair and makeup. I have no one begging to dress me in their brand’s clothes. I’m just a normal lady who stands at 4’5″, and for whatever reason the world is set up so that my height prevents me from living like your average Joe or Joanna.