Unfortunately, this was the nineties, long before vecro actually started being used in fashionable shoes as a result, they were generally only available in sizes for toddlers, small children and adults (designed for the elderly. I spent most of my early childhood wearing shoes done up with velcro. I was around ten years old when I was finally able to tie my shoes well consistently but it still takes me at leat three times as long as nondisabled people. It’s also a skill I didn’t develop until well after my peers. ![]() Given the fact that I only have the full use of my right hand and only very little dexterity in my left, tying shoes is a time consuming chore. They arrived last Friday and I’ve been wearing them for the last few days to get a sense of them.įirst, I’m going to discuss why accessible shoes are so important to me. They are only available online so I had to order them. I’ve been needing a new pair of gym shoes and decided to give the Nike’s a try now that they’re available in my size. There are even some countries where the shoes aren’t available at all like Australia. Image description: A screen shot of the American Nike online store showing the selection of shoes with Flyease technology. Image description: A screenshot of the Nike online store for Canada showing the selection of shoes with Flyease technology. The Canadian Nike website looks like this In Canada the selection of children’s shoes only includes basketball shoes while American children can also select running shoes. In Canada where I am you can only buy medium width women’s running shoes while in the USA they also come in wide. Selection unfortunately varies by country. More recently Nike has expanded the line from the men’s basketball shoe to include men and women’s running shoes and children’s shoes. This meant that by and large the shoes were not for disabled people, they were for disabled men. The shoes also didn’t come in children’s sizes. I wrote a post about it at the time, you can read it here. This left out many women whose feet were to small (mine included). ![]() ![]() At the time of their original release they were only available in men’s sizes 7 & up. All of the media (and there was a lot of media) proclaimed these shoes as being for disabled people. When Nike released their heavily marketed shoes for disabled people in July of 2015, I was excited.
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