Beth Deer previews Mindfully Inclusive

By Beth Deer

Mindfully Inclusive is a story that really warms my heart. 

Meranda Doll is working tirelessly to create fun, educational children’s kits that teach inclusivity. Meranda’s son, Vincent, is a wheelchair user and she took it upon herself to start Mindfully Inclusive and sell kits that contain colouring books, yoga cards, reading books and other fun and exciting things. 

Meranda wanted children and adults to understand disabilities, so they can start seeing disability as “normal,” and not something to be afraid of. It was also important to Meranda that Vincent started seeing himself represented in media around him, which is why one of the pages in the colouring book literally is Vincent. 

Covering this story made me think of my own disability and what my childhood was like. After learning about Vincent’s story, I felt very lucky to have parents who also advocated for me when I was young and wanted to enable me to do whatever I wanted to. 

Watch the Mindfully Exclusive segment on AMI This Week on Monday, November 15, at 8 p.m. Eastern on AMI-tv.

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