"I don’t need a wedding dress as I'm already married and don’t wear dresses, but if I did, I’d definitely be far happier about going to a shop where I knew that I’d be accepted, wheelchair and all." Read More Related Articles It’s great that they decorated the chair rather than try and hide it away. "Mobility aids are often portrayed as negative things that people want to hide when actually mobility aids like wheelchairs give us freedom. Twenty per cent of the population is disabled in some way, it’s about time we see that reflected in media, advertising, everything! "The reaction on twitter has shown that it means a lot to other people too. So often disabled people feel invisible because we don’t see ourselves in the media much and especially not modelling beautiful clothes etc. "This is the first time I’ve seen a wheelchair in a shop window like this, mobility shops not included, and it was so surprising to see and made me feel represented. The tweet quickly caught the attention of Beth's followers, and before long it had racked up more than 7,000 retweets and 32,000 likes - with Twitter users around the world praising the shop for its inclusive approach.
She tweeted a picture of The White Collection's window display on Wednesday, and wrote "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." Read More Related Articles The White Collection, which opened in the town around eight weeks ago, revealed the display which features a mannequin in a wedding dress sat in a wheelchair just last week, however an image shared online has quickly reached thousands of users.Īrtist Beth Wilson, 36, from Portishead, is disabled and has been using a wheelchair for around five years. A bridal shop in Portishead has earned worldwide praise after a picture of a bride mannequin in a wheelchair went viral online.
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