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http://dx.doi.org/10.5850/JKSCT.2007.31.6.933

Adaptive Clothing Designs for the Individuals with Special Needs  

Na, Hyun-Shin (Dept. of Clothing Science, Seoul Women's University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles / v.31, no.6, 2007 , pp. 933-941 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nowadays the numbers of the disabled and elderly have been increasing, and the development of adaptive clothing for these people is in demand. The purpose of this study was to give ideas and solutions for the special needs clothing design. The knowledge of medical situation of the individuals with special needs has been examined and factors affecting adaptive clothing were suggested. Twenty-one web sites were investigated and the most practical, functional, fashionable adaptive clothes were suggested by items. Construction and location of openings, number and type of fastenings, and design of garments for comfort and ease of movement were carefully considered in these clothes. Better appearance through improvement of clothing will help these people to believe that they have worth in the sight of others and in their own view of themselves. Disabled and elderly can obtain the quality of life, maintain the dignity, and make the access to the world a little bit easier by solving the particular clothing problems with all these convenient as well fashionable adaptive clothing.
Keywords
Adaptive clothing; The disabled; The elderly;
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