Charity creates mannequins based on the bodies of people with disabilities

"Because who is perfect?"

Shoppers in Zurich will see something other than the regular mannequins in store windows this week.

As part of a new campaign from disability-rights charity Pro Infirmis, mannequins were made using people with disabilities as models.

The charity worked with people suffering from scoliosis, brittle bone disease, shortened limbs and other physical impairments. Measurements were made, photos taken and the mannequins created to accurately reflect their bodies.

And then they were unveiled.

As one of the participants put it:

'It's special to see yourself like this, when you usually can't look at yourself in the mirror."

The mannequins were then placed in shop windows on Bahnhofstrasse, one of Zurich main streets.

Mark Zumbühl, a member of the Pro Infirmis Executive Board, explains that the aim of the campaign is to provoke reflection in our perception and acceptance of people with disabilities.:

"We often go chasing after ideals instead of accepting life in all its diversity. Pro Infirmis strives especially for the acceptance of disability and the inclusion of people with disabilities."