Clothing for the Disabled

Yet again I have spent the morning searching online for some insight and assistance.

Having been diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of two. I have a severe curvature of the spine and kyphosis.

My attitude has always been very positive. I have not let the disability keep me from living life to its full potential.

One of the biggest issues I faced growing up, believe it or not was clothing. Being a typical girly girl, I wanted to wear all the garments my friends were wearing.

Instead of the dresses and fitted tops I would wear baggy jumpers twice my size.

I had the attitude that I needed to hide my disability behind clothing.

I am not going to waffle on about how much my attitude has changed now that I am an adult. This would be a lie.

But one thing I have learnt is that attempting to hide a physical disability can actually make it stand out.

When I was getting married for the second time, I came to realise so much about my body, this is when things changed for me.

I wanted to wear a dress for my wedding. Too look a pretty bride instead of someone hiding behind baggy shirts.

My dress makers were wonderful. They showed me how the baggy clothes I was wearing were actually emphasizing the bits of my body I disliked.

I wore my wedding dress and my mother cried (believe me this was an achievement).

Since that day I have changed the way I shop for clothes. Instead of buying clothes that hide my body, I buy clothing that fit my body.

I have been thinking lots about adaptive clothing for disabled people. I am in search of information and guidance.

I will keep updating this blog as and when I find new information. Hopefully it might help someone who is looking for help.

I will soon have lots of information and product recommendations for all different types of disabilities.

Life can be very tough and we could all do with little things that make our days easier.

I will look at types of disabled clothing available on the Internet in my next post.