This week on Disabled and Proud Brooke Millhouse is joined by Victoria Jenkins, the founder of Unhidden, an adaptive fashion brand that is truly championing the way forward for British adaptive fashion. She became Disabled in her 20s and describes herself as having a hidden disability which is due to a mix of different health factors.
Victoria talks about how Unhidden came to be, medical gaslighting, and the joys of the disabled community. She has worked with big brands such as Jack Wills & Victoria Beckham. Victoria highlights the issues faced by disabled models and brands to not only be seen but also be accepted as a part of the scene.
In this episode you will hear:
Victoria’s struggle getting a diagnosis for her disability
What led her to start Unhidden
The problems Victoria has had with getting her brand on the runway
The work Victoria is doing to improve the visibility of disabled people
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About This Show:
Disabled and Proud is the show that brings listeners a different perspective on disability. Each week this podcast highlights an awesome disabled guest speaking about their own disability; why they are proud to be disabled and why they are proud to be themselves.
The conversations in this show will look at what challenges these amazing people face socially, mentally, physically and life in general. This show is raw, open, honest, funny, welcoming and educational.
Disabled & Proud does exactly what is says on the tin! And whilst we are creating this space for disabled people to be unashamedly themselves, without need to conform for society, this is also not about toxic positivity. This show will be shining a big, bright light on disability without it being “Paralympic or pity”.
As you will hear disability is WHOLE, COMPLETE & PERFECT and whilst the topic of disability can be quite heavy - and we definitely don't shy away from the bad days - this podcast is also about having fun too! Our aim is to play a part in reclaiming the word disability - turning it from inadequacy to perfection!
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