Yet again I have spent the morning searching online for some insight and assistance.
Diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of two. I have been left with 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.
My attitude when I was young was to hide my disability behind clothes.
I am not going to lie and say that my attitude and confidence has changed that much now I am an adult.
One thing I have come to realise is that by hiding a disability behind baggy clothes actually makes you stand out more.
It was when I was due to get married for the second time that things began to change for me.
I dreamed of wearing a dress, I wanted to be a lovely feminine bride. I wanted people to see me and not my baggy shirts.
The dress fitters were wonderful. They taught me about my figure and showed me how the baggy clothes were hanging off the bits of my body I hated, I was drawing attention to them.
I got to wear my wedding dress and my mother cried (not seen very often).
Since my wedding I shop differently. I buy clothes that fit my body rather than clothes that hide it.
I have been thinking lots about adaptive clothing for disabled people. I am in search of information and guidance.
I will update this blog often. Hopefully it will offer help to someone.
I will soon be able to provide lots of valuable information. I will look at all types of disabilities and gather as much information as I can.
Life is tough at times, we could do with some little things that make it that bit more manageable.
I will look at types of disabled clothing available on the Internet in my next post.
