The Disability Download

In Fashion: Disabled Business Owners and the Disability Employment Gap

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Cassie Lovelock

Cassandra (Cassie) Lovelock is a Research Assistant at the ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health at Kings College London and is also currently completing her PhD at the London School of Economics where she is conceptualising a theory of indirect lived experience in mental health research, service design/improvement and policy making. Cassie has hereditary neuropathy with a liability for pressure palsies (HNPP), a rare condition with similar symptoms to MS, and often uses a wheelchair.

Her understanding and knowledge of disability rights is rooted in her lived experiences, and she has featured on Channel 4, The Huffington Post, Metro, and Evening star where she has sheds light on disability hate crime.

Find Cassie on Social Media: @soapsub - Instagram and x.com

You can check out Cassie’s work here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/cassandra-lovelock

Tilly Dowler

Tilly is a disabled business owner who runs pre-loved clothing boutique Wanted Wardrobe (Studios 5b, Castle wall buildings, Clapgun St, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2LE). Her shop is open to customers from Tuesday to Saturday. Tilly has Stargardt’s Disease, a progressive condition affecting central vision.

You can find Wanted Wardrobe on:

Instagram: @wanted_wardrobe_

Facebook: @wantedwardrobe1

Vinted: @WantedWardrobe23

TikTok: @wantedwardrobetilly

Online: www.wantedwardrobe.co.uk

 

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