“The new wedding shop in town has a wheelchair-using mannequin and it shouldn’t be exciting but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen disability portrayed in a shop window.” Bridal shop draws praise for wheelchair display:
An Instagrammer who uses the handle @dtaudette said, “We love this for the same reason able-bodied women love bridal…we all dream of this day, disabled, abled.”
Commenter @jesserobertaturner added, “As a disabled woman , your window display means a lot to me! The greatest barriers I have faced are not physical barriers, but instead people’s negative perceptions of disability. That disabled people are not of value, not sexual-beings, not capable of meaningful relationships. Thank you for helping to dismantle those perceptions.”
It wasn’t only the presence of the wheelchair in the window that earned praise; it was the way it was displayed. “Mobility aids are often portrayed as negative things that people want to hide when actual mobility aids like wheelchairs give us freedom,” Wilson said. “It’s great that they decorated the chair rather than try and hide it away.”
As for shop owners and sisters Laura Allen and Sarah Parker, who borrowed the wheelchair for the display, they didn’t expect so much attention in response to the window, nor did they do it for social media likes, Parker said. “You don’t want to come into a boutique and wonder ‘Are they looking down on me? Will I be judged?’ ” Parker said. “Every bride is special. It doesn’t matter what your body shape is, your size, whether you are able-bodied or disabled. It’s your day.”
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