Faith Guilbault (age 16) has cerebral palsy, and invites us to
experience living with special needs so we can all treat being
differently-abled with humanity and normalcy. Faith recently walked
the catwalk during New York Fashion Week with Runway of Dreams, which
is leading a movement to include people with disabilities in the
fashion industry. The experience was an eye opener and so empowering
for her. She loved seeing people with different abilities having a
voice on what makes them feel confident and beautiful.
Biography:
Faith Guilbault is
a tenth-grader at The Maryland School for the Blind in Baltimore,
Maryland. Faith has cerebral palsy and uses a walker. Cerebral Palsy
(CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move
and maintain balance and posture that impacts 500,000 people in the
United States. Faith invites us to experience living with special
needs, and in turn, we will come to understand how to treat being
differently-abled with more humanity and normalcy. She dreams of
being a photographer and currently enjoys therapeutic horseback
riding, cheerleading, and indoor skydiving.
