Posts tagged World Cerebral Palsy Day
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
How I Spent My Summer Vacation

It's World Cerebral Palsy Day. If you'd like to know more about my take on Cerebral Palsy and how it's affected my life you can read my interview with Consumer Safety.Org here

Vacation may be the wrong word because I don't feel very rested. I spent the majority of my Summer working on Fashion is for Every Body/Empower Tennessee's Boundless fashion show, which took place on September 9th. I've been doing some styling and consulting about the future of diversity in fashion. Non-sample-sized and those with disabilities, there's hope. I even got to talk a little bit about my whole journey into fashion-awareness on WSM radio, which broadcasts right out of the Opryland Hotel.

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Were You Aware Of This?
Were You Aware Of This?

Did you know that October is National Disability Awareness Month?  No? Well, did you know that October 2nd was World Cerebral Palsy Day?  Have I made you feel guilty yet? I hope so - because that may assuage my own aloofness. I had absolutely no clue about any of this until I accidentally stumbled upon it in an unrelated web search last Sunday. I suspect the reason for that is I'm often so busy I forget that I'm disabled.

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