Adaptive/Disabled Clothing & Accessory Blog

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We want to hear from you! All of us here at Cast Clothing want to hear what you would like to see or what you need to make dressing easier. With millions of people that live with conditions or disabilities that affect what you can wear, our goal is to be able to provide you with a solution to meet your individual or group needs. Whether it’s a broken arm or leg, lymphedema, a prosthetic, wheelchair/mobility chair clothing or something custom to meet your specific need, lets talk about it!

I encourage you to ask your questions, share your thoughts or comments because there may be someone who has the same situation as you and who is looking for the same answer.

Everyday I wake up knowing that if I can help just one person, I have made a difference in someones life. Perhaps today it can be yours!

In a recent posting here in our blog I introduced you all to Meagan Barnard, a Senior at Superior High School in Superior, Wisconsin. Meagan has Primary Lymphedema Praecox. For her senior project Meagan created a magazine called Limitless, to help those with conditions or disabilities to see that you can do whatever you put our mind to regardless of our condition or disability.

I am very excited to be able be involved with and to announce that Meagan is going to be holding a benefit and Fundraiser to raise awareness for Lymphedema and in finding a cure. Over 10 million people in the United States live with this condition which to date has no cure. All proceeds from the magazine and the fundraiser will be donated to the Lymphatic Research Foundation so that one day these brave individuals will have a cure for this condition once and for all!

Here’s the details:

“Sky’s the Limit”

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Superior Middle School Cafetorium

326 Hammond Ave, Superior WI

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dinner, Entertainment and Silent Auction

(all Auction proceeds to benefit the Lymphatic Research Foundation)

If you would like to make a cash donation or would be able to donate an item for the Silent Auction please contact us at: Limitless@CastClothingCo.com

Any help would be greatly appreciated and will go a long way in finding a cure.

We are looking forward to making this the first of many event s to come to help to raise awareness for such a great cause and to help to be able to find a cure for this incredible life altering condition.

Thank you in advance for your generous help during a tough economic time.

This past Friday night I had a great conversation with Carol B. regarding adaptive and accessible clothing for the developmentally disabled and she provided some great feedback to me regarding the need for the products we offer and that the market just does not know we are here, and how right she is. I am really looking forward to talking to her further.

What Carol said goes back to why I started this blog, to get the word out through the organizations and individuals that either live with a condition or who help those who live with one, to let them know that even though the economy has its problems and stores and manufacturing are cutting  back, one thing is for sure, that I will not stop reaching out to help as many as I can to provide them with a clothing product that meets their specific need or needs and that will allow them to dress and feel great about themselves just as those of us without a need. It’s all about dignity and feeling good about ones-self.  

I am very excited about where Cast Clothing is headed, we are poised to be the first one out of the starting block when the economic woes start to clear up, and I am very optimistic that it is going to happen soon!

Thanks to all of you who spread the word about Cast Clothing and the work we are doing, I sincerely appreciate everything you are doing for us!

I have been reading various opinions about the fashion/clothing industry lately with the economy being the way it has been and the one thing I keep seeing still is that the focus is on the existing clothing lines and how to get the same people to continue to buy those products. Yet I don’t see any talk about the disabled or condition specific and clothing for them or from my standpoint, you! I want to know your thoughts, I have my opinions and thoughts (that’s why I started Cast Clothing) and I am very interested in learning yours.

I have had many people, including potential investors ask if there is really a market for the adaptive clothing products we are making. Please help me to tell them just how much of a market and need really exists.

Please tell me what you think about this.

I was talking to a client on Friday and he had asked me if what is on our website is all that we offer, a great question and worthy of comment.

The clothing you see is a basic line of clothing that we offer as we work to establish what types and styles people are looking for, if you don’t see something please ask, for example our youth section is very limited on the web store, however I can get what ever you want. That goes for every category of clothing that is available. I want you to tell me what you want to wear, I don’t ever want to tell you what you have to wear by offering limited selections. 

Keep the questions and comments coming so I know how I can be of assistance to you. Thank you!