Livonia — Danielle Donaldson greets her coffee shop customers with a cheerful “good morning” as they walk through the door. She rings up their orders on a tablet and makes change for those paying with cash for their brewed beverages.
For Donaldson, 36, working at Anastasia and Katie’s Coffee Shop and Café, is much more than a job. As a person with a disability, Donaldson said it’s a way for her to learn skills as a cashier, barista and sandwich artist.
“I like the cash register because then I get to learn how to give customers their change back,” said Donaldson, who has Turner syndrome, a chromosomal condition that affects development, and scoliosis. “… (Customers) are really easy to talk to.”
Anastasia and Katie’s Coffee Shop and Café is tucked…