Reaching only the average adult’s waist, P’dut Rotnemer’s take on the world is fresh and different. And she’s teaching others to reach high as well.
I t was a simchah buffet. It was a searing experience.
Speaking at the Har Nof Community Center in Jerusalem P’dut holds her head high and captivates us with her story — one richly laced with humor insight and courage.
Possessing a mature build and child-sized arms P’dut’s hands barely reach the microphone yet her unwavering voice fills the hall. Attractively put together with lustrous hair brushing her shoulders and large black eyes that seem to encompass the world she’s a study in strength and vulnerability. A dwarf from birth P’dut walks through life seeing things from a different angle.
P’dut’s description of her fiasco first made me realize how rarely the world of average-sized adults thinks to accommodate the needs of a person this short.
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