Posts by Jen Lee Reeves
The Story Behind Limb Different Vermont Teddy Bears
Many years ago, I started writing about how our kids deserve more toys that include limb differences. Jordan helped take that discussion up a notch by launching a Change.org petition asking American Girl to consider offering limb difference dolls. This is a topic Jordan and I are committed to talking about as often as possible.…
Read More +Pushing Limitations at Great Wolf Lodge
Our family had a chance to visit a Great Wolf Lodge for the first time over the weekend. I was a little nervous about going to a new place that might have restrictions on people with one hand. I reached out to the Kansas City hotel to confirm if there were any restrictions. Luckily, a…
Read More +Project Unicorn Meets Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino
It seems like Jordan has created a craze that is traveling across the country. Unicorns are the BEST! And apparently, if you were a unicorn, you would taste like the combination of mango and sour blue raspberry. That’s what Starbucks did with its Unicorn Frappuccino. It’s a fun and brightly colored drink that is only…
Read More +Share a different "normal" at TEDxCoMo
We haven’t posted a lot lately but that doesn’t mean life has gotten boring around here! In the last week, three very big deal things came together. First: Born Just Right is officially a non-profit! The IRS has registered us as a 501(c)3 and that means we can start fundraising toward our goal of giving…
Read More +So Many Wonderful Project Unicorn Videos
As Jordan and I try to settle down into a new normal of talking about sparkle-shooting prosthetics every day, we are overwhelmed by the number of awesome videos that came out this past week on social media. I figured I would share them here so we can remember them for years to come. (This site is…
Read More +See How the Latest Project Unicorn Works
In all the craziness of the last couple of weeks, I realized we haven’t actually shown you how the latest version of Project Unicorn works! Jordan had a chance to do an interview with a kids news app called News-O-Matic. We had so much fun talking to the reporter, Ryan, that we decided we would…
Read More +Shifting the Focus on Inclusive Design
A big reason Jordan encouraged me to work on transitioning Born Just Right from a community to a non-profit community came from a huge realization. As Jordan learned more about design this past year, the more we saw how a lot of the inclusive design world is supported by typically able engineers and designers. There…
Read More +Feeling the Real Impact of our Work
Last night, a very cool thing happened. Jordan was publicly announced as a speaker at TEDxCoMo – a local TEDx planned in Columbia, MO in April. Jordan has a chance to contribute to a conversation about being a “citizen.” That’s a general word that has a lot of opportunity for interpretation. Jordan plans to share…
Read More +So Many Questions to Answer
Answering questions over the phone or Skype with journalists is now a daily experience for Jordan. That’s a bit surreal, right? But that got me thinking. What if you have questions and want to know something about prosthetics or parenting or glitter. (I know more about glitter than I ever thought I needed to know.…
Read More +The Best Brother in the Shadows
Jordan has so much support. I have found articles in South Africa, France, England, India and even Serbia sharing her Project Unicorn story and how Born Just Right is launching a nonprofit so more kids have a chance to learn inclusive design. What you may not know is one of Jordan’s biggest supporters is her…
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