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Jamey has helped design wheelchair-friendly fashion for every occasion, including tagless clothing and flat seams for maximum comfort, hidden openings for medical devices, and high back rises for seated ease. These designs were created with wheelchair users in mind." href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-xbyySoRSHM?si=AhQrUp7fEWkkJiwC" target="_blank"><u>Video of the Month</u></a> </h2> </div> <div class="w3-content w3-display-container" align="center" style="font-size:180%">  <div class="mySlides" align="center"> <iframe alt="Access meets style in JC Penney’s new adaptive clothing collection, a collaboration with Jamey Perry, a wheelchair user, writer, adaptive athlete and mom. Jamey has helped design wheelchair-friendly fashion for every occasion, including tagless clothing and flat seams for maximum comfort, hidden openings for medical devices, and high back rises for seated ease. 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