{"id":693,"date":"2021-05-25T00:37:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T00:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wordpress\/?p=693"},"modified":"2021-05-25T00:37:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T00:37:12","slug":"a-return-to-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/2021\/05\/25\/a-return-to-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"A Return To Normal – But Let’s keep the Virtual Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fascinating read an article\u00a0As a Disabled Person, I’m Afraid for the World to Go Back to ‘Normal’<\/a> by Karin Hitselberger.<\/p>\n

Karin wonderfully notes how in addressing the challenges of the pandemic, virtual opportunities were opened up that made things more available for everyone.\u00a0 These interesting opportunities opened up virtual museum tours, virtual appointments, virtual parties and events for family and friends.<\/p>\n

As an IT professional, I have greatly enjoyed the flexibility of working from home.\u00a0 And eliminating my 40 min commute, coupled with the challenges of caregiver schedules, a work from home option has been wonderful.<\/p>\n

Even the virtual IT conferences and seminars I’ve sat in on have noted the benefits of flexibility in work schedules and work venue options to enhance productivity and employee engagement.<\/p>\n

Even the plays and concerts that my wife, Lisa, and I enjoy attending have been enhanced with the addition of “virtual” options.\u00a0 We can now clearly see performers, without having to squeeze into the accessible seating at the back of the auditorium.<\/p>\n

We can enjoy refreshments from the comfort of home, while listening to symphony orchestras.\u00a0 One major challenge in most auditoriums and theaters is the lack of truly “accessible” accommodations.\u00a0 While the restrooms’ may be wonderfully accommodating at our favored Performing Arts Center, the Overture Center, the accessible seating entails removing a seat.\u00a0 The same applies for most movie theaters, save Flix Brewhouse (which I highly recommend), as the wheelchair spaces are just that “spaces”.\u00a0 I’m not afforded a cup holder nor a tray, and have to share with the person sitting next to me, or skip refreshments all together.<\/p>\n

As Karin notes, though we hope the pandemic ends soon, retaining options of virtual events and attendance for employees, social events, and parties, provides some exciting opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fascinating read an article\u00a0As a Disabled Person, I’m Afraid for the World to Go Back to ‘Normal’ by Karin Hitselberger. Karin wonderfully notes how in addressing the challenges of the pandemic, virtual opportunities were opened up that made things more available for everyone.\u00a0 These interesting opportunities opened up virtual museum tours, virtual appointments, virtual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayingfrosty.net\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}