A Swiss charity has created mannequins based on the bodies of disabled people in a bid to raise awareness that no one has a perfect body. Pro Infirmis, an organisation for people with disabilities, worked with people suffering from scoliosis (a curved spine), shortened limbs and a woman in a wheelchair. Each had a mannequin made to perfectly reflect their body shape – which, to their delight, was then displayed in a high street store in Zurich’s main shopping street. [Read more...]
Charity creates mannequins based on the bodies of disabled people to raise awareness in the image-obsessed fashion world
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Outrage over the insurers that snoop on the sick
September 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Most insurers employ private investigators to snoop on customers, often when they are seriously ill, Financial Mail has learnt. And several big names, including Britain’s biggest insurer Aviva, use spies from security firm G4S, which was last week accused of breaking the law by entering a policyholder’s home on a false pretext to take secret pictures.
Our probe into insurers’ use of undercover sleuths follows allegations that a G4S snoop, [Read more...]
