Born anxious Founder Kelly Barker was over the moon to be returning to CHABS catwalk for the second year running with her clothing range and bringing their awareness messages onto the runway .
Born Anxious were also delighted to be housing the Harvey Price collection donating to AnnaKennedyonline Autism Charity where Harvey is their Anti Bullying Ambassador.
Harvey was actively involved with his collection which has contributed to boosting his confidence and independence which was showcased on 12 March at the Hilton LONDON for ‘Cancel Cancer Africa ‘ The launch of the Black and Gold ‘The Frog Father’ is one year after we first collaborated together to celebrate inclusion and awareness.
Harvey’s collection is from age 3 – 7 XL
On the day it was celebrated by a full house . All models’ children and adults that took part all are Neurodiverse. This included some of Autism Campaigner Anna Kennedy OBE Ambassadors and charity champions . Anna took part in ‘Harvey and Me’ BBC documentary when Harvey was at the stage of his life when he was transitioning from School to college and a residential placement. This was a huge milestone for Harvey and his mum Katie. Anna shared that transition into adult provision for autistic individuals can take some time and needs to be planned well ahead. After the documentary many families contacted the charity asking for advice. Two workshops were arranged where over 200 families attended airing their concerns.
Harvey was very happy and felt excited to have so many people wearing his clothing, supporting him and celebrating and even took to the microphone to sing Anna a ‘Happy Birthday’. How amazing!
Kellie as the creator of Born Anxious shared :
‘It was a real moment of pride to see so many models supporting Harvey who have all over come so many barriers to attend ,celebrating and being celebrated , accepted , appreciated , seen to have everyone on the stage with Harvey was a moment of pure joy to celebrate this way in a catwalk show and officially launch a Harvey’s latest collection .’
Ben Pearson who supported Harvey on the runway also a charity Ambassador shared :
It was so heart-warming to see the love and support for people on the spectrum! We have as much right as anybody else in this world and this event proves its possible… A Big Thank you to parents, carers and organisers for giving these amazing people the changes that they deserve’
Josh Burgess Model ;
‘My Day was exhilarating and exciting. I was so happy to be part of the event . I had loads of fun and loved meeting everybody. ‘
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