Another morning spent online, searching for a bit of insight and help.
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.
My attitude when I was young was to hide my disability behind clothes.
I am not going to say that I have suddenly developed a more confident attitude as an adult, that would be lying.
What I have come to realise is that, attempting to hide a disability through baggy clothes, actually makes 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.
My goal was to wear a dress for the wedding. To be a pretty bride instead of someone who hid behind baggy shirts.
My dress fitters were amazing, they taught me about my figure and how the baggy clothes were hanging off me and drawing attention to the bits of my body I hated.
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 try and keep this blog updated as often as possible. Hopefully I will be able to pass on any information to anybody that is looking for help.
Hopefully I will soon be able to provide useful information. I will look at all types of disabilities and products that are suitable.
Life can be very hard at times, we could all do with some little changes that make life much easier.
In my next post I will look at types of disabled clothing available online.
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