Melvin J. & Claire Levine Jewish Residential & Family Service partnered with aZul Fashion, Art & Design, Inc., to launch the FashionAble Program — an exciting initiative for adults with disabilities in Palm Beach County.
The FashionAble Program empowers participants through fashion, art, and design. Beginning in March 2025, aZul facilitated the program with 10 Levine JRFS clients who learned valuable fashion design techniques and skills, ranging from piecing to applique, to help support future career opportunities in the creative industries.
Ten “new designers” showed off their creations and walked the runway in front of a loud, cheering crowd in Palm Beach Gardens last month.
“For people with mental illnesses or developmental disabilities or whatever type of neurodiversity somebody deals with, it is often so challenging to look at yourself in the mirror, to stand in front of an audience, to model, to move your body, to be able to be that confident to let other people see you in terms of your unique ability,” said Dr. Elaine Rotenberg, chief clinical and impact officer at Alpert Jewish Family Service. “And that’s what this program and partnership with aZul is all about.”
