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Finding Purpose Through Adversity: Nevaeh Hearn’s Journey into Adaptive Fashion
In this episode of ‘Pushing Forward with Alycia,’ host Alycia welcomes Nevaeh Hearn, a senior at Drexel University studying Fashion and Merchandising. Nevaeh shares her transformative journey from a promising gymnast to an advocate for adaptive fashion after a life-altering injury. They discuss her struggle with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), her diagnosis with Ehler-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), and her ultimate passion for making the fashion industry more inclusive. She opens up about her difficulties and triumphs in college, her experience as a top finalist for the NRF Foundation’s Next Generation Scholarship, and her ambitious senior thesis focused on adaptive fashion. Nevaeh stresses the importance of perspective and passion in overcoming life’s toughest challenges.
Themes That Shaped the Conversation
🩺 Doctors Should Never Say This
💪 Facing the Impossible at 12
🚀 Never Underestimate the Power of a Push
🎤 Being a Voice for the Voiceless
🛤️ Liberation in Independence: A Journey Beyond Disability
🔥 Defying the Odds: When Life Had Other Plans
🏆 Turning Hardship into Triumph
♿ Designing for Disability: Solutions for All
👗 Advocating for Adaptive Fashion: A Personal Responsibility
A Quote from Nevaeh
Why am I exerting myself, and putting myself in pain just to try to walk again when I’m being told that I will never walk again?
~ Nevaeh Hearn
Quick Reference: Episode Highlights
00:00 Introduction to Pushing Forward with Alycia
00:25 Meet Nevaeh Hearn: A Journey of Resilience
03:08 Nevaeh’s Early Life and Gymnastics Dream
03:55 The Life-Changing Injury and Diagnosis
09:57 Overcoming Adversity: Walking Again
13:10 Discovering a New Passion: Fashion
14:41 College Challenges and Triumphs
19:44 Advocating for Adaptive Fashion
29:51 Future Goals and Final Thoughts
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