How adaptive clothing empowers people with disabilities | Mindy Scheier
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🗓️ 9 January 2018
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Do you have a favorite T-shirt or pair of jeans that transforms you and makes you feel confident -- makes you feel like you? That's because what you wear can affect your mood, your health and your self-esteem, says fashion designer Mindy Scheier. Inspired by her son, who was born with a degenerative disorder that makes it hard for him to dress himself or wear clothing with buttons or zippers, Scheier set out to make clothing that works for everyone, including the differently abled. Learn more about how she's made fashion history by producing the world's first mainstream adaptive clothing line.
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| 0:00.0 | This TED Talk features fashion designer Mindy Shire recorded live at TED at Tommy 2017. |
| 0:08.4 | I love fashion. I actually go to bed every night thinking about what I'm going to wear the next day. |
| 0:16.6 | Clothing transforms me, defines me, gives me confidence. |
| 0:22.9 | You may not feel the same way about fashion, |
| 0:25.5 | but I bet you have a favorite t-shirt or pair of jeans |
| 0:29.7 | that transforms you, makes you feel good, |
| 0:33.4 | makes you feel confident, makes you feel like you. |
| 0:40.9 | When I was younger, I wanted to be Betsy Johnson. |
| 0:44.6 | I thought we were kindred, crazy hair spirits together. |
| 0:47.3 | I did go to fashion design. I worked in the industry for years and loved it. |
| 0:51.7 | I married. |
| 0:53.1 | I had three kids, |
| 0:55.8 | but life can be heartbreakingly ironic. |
| 1:01.8 | My middle child Oliver was born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, |
| 1:06.7 | or MD. |
| 1:08.3 | MD affects his muscle strength, |
| 1:11.9 | his pulmonary system, |
| 1:13.4 | distorts his body, |
| 1:14.8 | and makes everyday life more challenging than most. |
| 1:18.4 | From the time he could walk, |
| 1:20.1 | which was until about two and a half, |
| 1:22.0 | he had to wear leg braces for stability. |
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