Disability News

Join us in celebrating disability pride and history! Here you can find incredible individuals and mainstream brands that are recognizing and prioritizing the disabled community. We love to see other companies and advocates combine innovative design with accessibility. Together, we can make accessibility an expectation, not an exception.

  • Adaptive beauty supplies from CVS Pharmacy

    5 Mainstream Fashion and Beauty Brands Prioriti...

    Everyone deserves a choice in what they wear. Whether or not you love fashion, or just get dressed out of basic necessity, putting on clothing is a basic human right....

    5 Mainstream Fashion and Beauty Brands Prioriti...

    Everyone deserves a choice in what they wear. Whether or not you love fashion, or just get dressed out of basic necessity, putting on clothing is a basic human right....

  • Disability pride flag with text and simulate braille that reads Disability Pride Month

    Did you know July is Disability Pride month?

    Did you know July is Disability Pride month? It’s an incredibly important month for the Aille Design Braille Clothing community and its allies. During this month, we celebrate disability history...

    Did you know July is Disability Pride month?

    Did you know July is Disability Pride month? It’s an incredibly important month for the Aille Design Braille Clothing community and its allies. During this month, we celebrate disability history...

  • Collage of two different disabled models at NYFW

    7 Milestones for Disability Fashion Representation

    The fashion industry is known for its ability to exclude non-traditional appearances and experiences, especially when it comes to individuals with disabilities. With recent social pressures to highlight diversity and...

    7 Milestones for Disability Fashion Representation

    The fashion industry is known for its ability to exclude non-traditional appearances and experiences, especially when it comes to individuals with disabilities. With recent social pressures to highlight diversity and...

  • Photo of April Lockhart in her studio

    7 Disabled Creators You Need to Check Out

    There are thousands of creators advocating for greater inclusivity in online spaces. #DisabilityPrideMonth might be coming to an end, but there's no reason our support should stop! Continue to see inclusive content...

    7 Disabled Creators You Need to Check Out

    There are thousands of creators advocating for greater inclusivity in online spaces. #DisabilityPrideMonth might be coming to an end, but there's no reason our support should stop! Continue to see inclusive content...

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#HowAilleSee

The Aille Design community blog (pronounced: how I see) is a space to share your story — whether that be your journey with vision loss, your love for fashion, or something you wish more people knew about. We each view the world so differently, and it's those unique perspectives that create change and growth.

Welcome to our community!

  • Person holding blue t-shirt with braille

    Blindness Cannot Hold You Back ~ Mattie

    The following post was written by Mattie (they/them), a college freshman, aspiring author, avid braille reader, and LGBTQ+ advocate living with a visual impairment. In this blog post Mattie shares their...

    Blindness Cannot Hold You Back ~ Mattie

    The following post was written by Mattie (they/them), a college freshman, aspiring author, avid braille reader, and LGBTQ+ advocate living with a visual impairment. In this blog post Mattie shares their...

  • White man with shoulder length blonde hair and black glasses

    What Do We Deserve? ~ Lance

    The following post was written by Lance, a video editor, content creator, podcast host, and all around awesome guy navigating Brooklyn, New York with Retinitis Pigmentosa. On his podcast The See-Through...

    What Do We Deserve? ~ Lance

    The following post was written by Lance, a video editor, content creator, podcast host, and all around awesome guy navigating Brooklyn, New York with Retinitis Pigmentosa. On his podcast The See-Through...

  • Mom and blind son wear custom matching braille t-shirts

    Braille is my superpower ~ Hayden and Shannon

    The following post was written by Hayden Zaller and his mom Shannon Zaller. The duo share a passion for acting, with Hayden recently starring in the feature film American Underdog, and...

    Braille is my superpower ~ Hayden and Shannon

    The following post was written by Hayden Zaller and his mom Shannon Zaller. The duo share a passion for acting, with Hayden recently starring in the feature film American Underdog, and...

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  • Young white woman with a visual impairment smiling while wearing a black braille t-shirt.

    We All Have A Story ~ Chelsea

    The following post was written by Chelsea, a diversity advocate, writer, creative, and college student from the blind and visually impaired community. In this post, Chelsea shares her love for fashion, the...

    We All Have A Story ~ Chelsea

    The following post was written by Chelsea, a diversity advocate, writer, creative, and college student from the blind and visually impaired community. In this post, Chelsea shares her love for fashion, the...

  • Kerry Kijewski standing outside in a garden with her white cane

    Finding My Personal Style ~ Kerry

    As a little girl, I wasn't always dressing up in my mother's things. I was more likely to be found taking her lipstick, or that of my big sister, and...

    Finding My Personal Style ~ Kerry

    As a little girl, I wasn't always dressing up in my mother's things. I was more likely to be found taking her lipstick, or that of my big sister, and...

  • Saying "Yes" to My Blindness ~ Frankie Ann

    Saying "Yes" to My Blindness ~ Frankie Ann

    I spent my undergrad years learning to fully love and accept myself- blind eyes and all! I stopped beating myself down and hiding myself away. I stopped saying ‘no’ to...

    Saying "Yes" to My Blindness ~ Frankie Ann

    I spent my undergrad years learning to fully love and accept myself- blind eyes and all! I stopped beating myself down and hiding myself away. I stopped saying ‘no’ to...

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  • Anne wearing Aille Design Custom Braille T-Shirt “purpose in view”.

    My "Purpose in View" ~ Anne

    My long-term goal is to thrive with vision loss - at home, in self-care, mental health and fashion. Much of my time is spent in darkness and indoors managing my pain...

    My "Purpose in View" ~ Anne

    My long-term goal is to thrive with vision loss - at home, in self-care, mental health and fashion. Much of my time is spent in darkness and indoors managing my pain...

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