Design For All | jillianfialko

Design For All:

What is Design for all?

The assortment aesthetic runs hand-in-hand with the full in-store Cat & Jack assortment. Our mission is to design inclusive, functional, fashionable and accessible clothing for people living with disabilities. We want to insure the children that wear these clothes will look the same as their friends, and classmates. We focus on sensory first and then add in apparel for seated guests, g-tube openings and more.

Everyone who works on Design for All are a volunteer Cross functional Team and are devoted to helping families with disabilities. Our Cross Functional Team includes: designers, tech designers, project managers, sourcing, packaging, buyers, merchandisers, and trim specialists.

What is My involvement

I have owned the designs for Gender Inclusive and Boys for the last eight years on Cat & Jack Apparel. Becoming one of the few disability/adaptive design experts in the field. My assortment contains over thirty Impressions with seasonal color and style updates.

As someone who has AuADHD with heart issues, I have become a big part of this community both inside and outside of work. Most people have first hand experiences with mental health and disabilities through family members, friends and coworkers. I believe that people living with disabilities need more representation and voices in the market and it is a missed opportunity into innovation and product creation.