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As we close out National Women's History Month, I salute the women making strides leading the fight and spreading awareness about adaptive fashion.
Not all Sheroes wear capes, but you may catch these fashonistas in one! The inspiration from these rockstars is personal for me as they sparked hope for me while I recovered from spinal fusion surgery and rehabbed. Looking for fashionable clothing and shoes to wear that would make life easier for me to get dressed everyday due to mobility challenges and mainstream clothes....it was then that I learned about "adaptive fashion" and the need for it! Huge shoutout to Stephanie Thomas, Mindy Schier and Izzy Camilleri! Thank you for your efforts towards Disability Awareness & Adaptive Fashion! TEDxGreensboro - What If?
November 3, 2022 Posted to TED.com and Youtube on March 8, 2023 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaDRAd4D_GI Adapt to Life's Curveballs with Fashion! Fashionable Adaptive Clothing Fulfills Dreams of People with Disabilities and Changes Lives. What if: fashion companies change their thinking about disabilities, create a culture of diversity and inclusion; make a collective effort to design one piece of fashionable adaptive clothing/shoes and those who aren’t in the industry, invest in the companies. Some people with disabilities dream about fashion and are forgotten. There is a unique opportunity for the fashion industry to create more ways for people with disabilities to really live in every facet of their life. Dona Edwards worked in corporate America for almost 25 years as a Mechanical Engineer working on space shuttle and satellite technology and most recently as an Executive practicing Intellectual Property law. She was responsible for driving the global intellectual property strategy, managing litigations and providing general legal advice. Dona is thought-leader and speaker sharing stories on the subjects of DEI, empathy, fashion and scoliosis. She has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Stanford, a JD from George Washington University Law School and a MBA from UVA Darden School of Business. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx As I work to get my swerve back (i.e., rehab) and to find solace on this journey, I want to have some fun too, in sharing my personal stories, thoughts and fashion creations through my blog and curated layouts.
You’ll notice that here, I am not putting any specific label on my stories so that I can have the freedom to go in any direction I want to go with them, and so that I can simply share my authentic voice. I am not just a mechanical engineer turned Intellectual Property Attorney with a MBA, instead, I like to think I’m multi-dimensional with a touch of exuberance! I am a fashionista over 50 and I am fabulous! I am a speaker, writer, thought-leader, traveler, storyteller, dreamer, partaker of the arts and now blogger…and I am so many more things to come. I am just getting started, and I could not be more excited! There are so many options and opinions out there - blogs, podcasts, newsletters, clubhouse – and new ones popping up even as I write this, and am honored you are giving me a moment of your time…so hopefully my little curve will resonate with you, or at the very least, make you smile, laugh, cry or just say, “wow, what a fabulous outfit”! Thank you for allowing me to be a small part of your life… |
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