A mom's post about a Halloween costume is going viral on Facebook. Thank you, Target!

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.upworthy.com/a-moms-post-about-a-halloween-costume-is-going-viral-on-facebook-thank-you-target?c=upw1&u=6bacec6889bf05ba106ae00be40328adccb1c8a6

By Laura Willard

Jen Kroll got pretty excited when she saw a recent Target ad.
No, it wasn't because of the "buy one, get one half off" sweater deal. It wasn't even because flannel sheets were 15% off.

Nope, not at all. (Though, flannel sheets do sound nice...)

Here's what made her week: a photo of an Elsa Halloween costume.
The ad meant so much to her that she posted it on Facebook and had this to say:



Do you see what Jen saw? The model sporting the dress worn by Elsa of "Frozen" fame has arm crutches!

Yes, that's a big deal. Especially for Jen because here's a photo of her incredibly cute daughter, who just so happens to love Elsa:


I mean, seriously. Can you even with the adorableness?! Photos by Jen Kroll, used with permission.

FULL wonderful story at link.

[riversedge]

1. thanks OS. Past time to included ALL kids.

[KoKo]

2. Recommend!

Thanks, Steve. So good to see this.

[BuelahWitch]

3. This made my day!

That little girl is unstoppable! Thanks Target!

[onecaliberal]

4. Fantastic!

[CatWoman]

5. I think this is extremely sweet

[antigop]

6. thanks, OS nt

[demmiblue]

7. K&R

[Digit]

8. Wonderful, love it!

I would like to see more of this!

Look at those little darlin's.....adorable!

[hibbing]

9. well dangit

Wow, and here I was last night whining about my stupid remote control on the idiot box not working very well.

Peace

[Teagan]

10. Good move!

Normalizing disability lowers the stress levels for those who are disabled. It also means a lot to the disabled veterans. I will continue to shop at Target.

[niyad]

17. welcome to du

[Iwillnevergiveup]

11. WOW

Just WOW!

[robbob]

12. You made me tear up!

....think I got something in my eye...

Sometimes we think our lives are so complicated and difficult but this little girl who has so much to overcome in life, beaming out her joy at the world makes me realize what a precious gift life truly is. Thank you for posting this!

[progressoid]

24. Me too! n/t

[PatSeg]

13. What a great story!

What an adorable little girl too!

[KittyWampus]

14. Magicwheelchair is a nonprofit that makes incredible costumes around wheelchairs>>>

The group creates wheelchairs that are unbelievable and make the kids physically confined to them into superheroes!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NQXvSb-ZC7U#t=5

http://www.magicwheelchair.org/

[Omaha Steve]

16. The Night Fury dragon Toothless is awesome

Thank YOU for sharing!

OS

[niyad]

18. oh goodness!! thank you so much for sharing these wonderful people.

[Duval]

15. Made me smile!

Thanks for this wonderful story, Omaha Steve.

[niyad]

19. a smiling k and r!

[MiniMe]

20. Props to Target for using this ad!

[Stargazer09]

21. The ad is great!

That little girl is AWESOME! Look at that smile!

[Amimnoch]

22. oh this is so awesome!

Really wonderful of Target.

[jwirr]

23. A great step forward toward normalization. And just in time

as the WH and congress move to cut SSDI.

[oberliner]

25. Upworthy sure does know how to get the clicks

Upworthy went to RootsCamp 2012 to present our findings. We have discovered just how easy it is to make things go viral. And we're sharing it with you. Because we love you.

http://www.upworthy.com/how-to-make-that-one-thing-go-viral-just-kidding

[LuckyLib]

26. This is what diversity awareness is all about -- making visible

the amazing array of differences in who we are as humans.

[SoapBox]

27. It's just the way it should be...

This is good.

[jtuck004]

28. That is leadership. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

29. kick

[DesertRat]

30. Wonderful!

[demigoddess]

31. I have a handicapped/retarded daughter. One mother, years ago

told her daughter that there were a lot of kids like my daughter. After about a year, she finally asked me (she was three yrs old at the time) "where are all the other kids like her?" I answered with "They are home with their mommies and daddies." She said, "OOOOHhh". And she seemed to like that answer. It made her feel better somehow. That is what we have to do, get these kids in our view, in our schools, and let the other kids know that being handicapped doesn't mean you lose your home, family etc. That you are just like them, only a little different in one or two things. It will be better for all our children.

[ladyVet]

32. Oh, man! Adorable alert!

Who wouldn't love this?

Back when I was this age, children who were disabled, or "different" or "handicapped" were hidden away. We didn't go to school with them (they had their own building, and never associated with us "normal" kids), nor see them around at the movies, or on Halloween. Same thing with black students (we didn't have many Asian or Latino families around back then in our area): they had their own school, and social mixing was almost unheard of.

Things are much better today, when we can see people not like us everywhere: on TV, in the movies, on the streets, in our schools, at the store... Still a lot of work to be done, but believe me, there's been progress.

[LiberalElite]

37. I also recall when the disabled were hidden away. At a party

in the '70s one of the guests was in a wheelchair and I had no idea how to act with him; all I could do was remember my mother telling me as a child "don't stare."

But times and attitudes change one way or the other -Twice last summer, in the NYC subway -I saw young women with prosthetic legs - one wearing a slinky "little black dress" and the other wearing a miniskirt.

[IronLionZion]

33. That's wonderful!

Target has been making some very good choices lately.

[d_legendary1]

34. Its great to see posts like these and know some progress is being made

Thanks for this!

[bettyellen]

35. LOVE IT!!! Thank you!

[WillyT]

36. Wonderful...

[Liberal_in_LA]

38. ..

[Alkene]

39. Target is WalMart with better PR.

As demonstrated.