When I wheeled into the Hollywood Athletic Club I was greeted by a man who said , “Welcome We’ve been waiting for you we are glad you are here”as he escorted me to my front row seat at Bezgraniz Couture LA Fashion Week. All the models were either amputees, used walkers, had Down’s Syndrome or wheelchairs.
It was an honor to be sitting next you Ellen Stohl and Tatianna Lee! That was the kind of fashion show I always dreamed of where people affected by disabilities were the stars of the show not excluded from the show as was the case when I was a kid in the 1970s.
Special thanks to Bezgraniz Couture for inviting the models who auditioned but did not make the cut, like myself, to the fashion show as your honored guests, Marisa Hamamoto for teaching me that even dancers/ models using a power wheelchair can follow choreography and Landra Dulin LAFW for encouraging me to audition again next year.
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