FROM SOCIAL WORKER
to designer
CARON MCLUCKIE’S CAREER AS A SOCIAL WORKER WAS FULFILLING AND REWARDING. HOWEVER, HER ENTREPRENEURIAL FLAIR BEGAN BUBBLING WHEN HER FASHION CONSCIOUS SON EMILE SOUGHT A SOLUTION TO A COMMON PROBLEM. SHE TELLS KIDZ TO ADULTZ MAGAZINE ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF BEALIES ADAPTIVEWEAR
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n January 2016, our lives changed forever. While out with my son Emile one Saturday afternoon he suffered a spinal cord stroke. Just like that, with no warning. The spinal
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stroke left him paralysed from the chest down. I was amazed at how well Emile coped with this traumatic event; his resilience was astounding. Emile now has no bladder or
bowel function, and we must selfcatheterise to empty his bladder. Once we got into our daily routine it soon became clear that clothes didn’t fit properly whilst he was sat in
