EPISODE #854
Keisha Greaves
Adaptive Fashion for the Disabled:
How to Build A Business as a Founder with Muscular Dystrophy
854 Keisha Greaves: Adaptive Fashion for the Disabled
Tips for Overcoming Adversity
Entrepreneurship is hard enough without adding muscular dystrophy to the list of challenges.
It’s not every day we meet a solopreneur building a successful business to help those suffering from the same and other debilitating diseases.
When Keisha Greaves was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age 24, she turned adversity and her passion for fashion into determined inspiration, supporting the disability community with her adaptive tees, hoodies, accessories, and swimwear.
Keisha is the CEO and founder of Girls Chronically Rock, celebrating those with Muscular Dystrophy and other chronic illnesses to look their best with the convenience of clothes that are easy to put on and take off. She also founded two non-profits: The GCR Adaptive Project, providing adaptive fashion supplies and tools to college fashion students so they can learn to design more inclusively, and the Trust Your Abilities Nonprofit for People of Color, helping people of color in the disability community access much needed resources and support, from uninsured medical equipment to accessible vehicles and school scholarships. Keisha has been featured in several national media outlets including Good Morning America, The Today Show, ABC News, and more. One of her proudest moments was being featured in Today Style Heroes 2018.
- Why it’s important for fashion designers to design inclusively for disabled communities.
- What it takes to build a business as a founder with muscular dystrophy.
- Mindset and how to make adversity your friend.
- And much more.
More about Keisha Greaves at girlschronicallyrock.com
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More about Keisha at Girls Chronically Rock
Keisha Greaves is the CEO and founder of Girls Chronically Rock, supporting people in the disability community with her inspiring and adaptive tees, hoodies, accessories, and swimwear. Diagnosed at age 24 with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Keisha went on a mission to celebrate those with Muscular Dystrophy and other chronic illnesses to look their best with the convenience of clothes that are easy to put on and take off. She also founded two non-profits: The GCR Adaptive Project, providing adaptive fashion supplies and tools to college fashion students so they can learn to design more inclusively, and the Trust Your Abilities Nonprofit for People of Color, helping people of color in the disability community access much needed resources and support, from uninsured medical equipment to accessible vehicles and school scholarships. Keisha has been featured in several national media outlets including Good Morning America, The Today Show, ABC News, and more. One of her proudest moments was being featured in Today Style Heroes 2018.
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