Adapted Clothing

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Adapted Clothing

• Stacie Pancoast
• EDU PAES 716

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Overview

• Adapted clothing lets children and adults with
  certain clothing requirements to dress themselves
  more independently or helps others dress with a
  greater ease.
• Adapted clothes are designed to make the routine
  task of dressing easier, simpler and more
  pleasant.

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Description

• Adapted clothing includes
• Shirts Pants
• Sleepwear Jeans
• Jackets Sweaters
• Shoes Skirts
• Robes Accessories
• One-piece outfits
• Any other generally produced item that can be
  adapted.

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Common Adaptations

• Some of the more common adaptations to clothing
  include
• Front or back openings
• Ring zipper pulls
• Snaps or Velcro in place of buttons
• Friendly sizes and cuts that allow for easy
  dressing

Image courtesy of www.clothingsolutions.com
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Who uses adaptive clothing?

• Adapted clothing is something that could be
  universal worn because it can make everyones
  lives a lot easier.
• No more small buttons! No more stuck zippers!
• However, adapted clothing is usually developed
  for certain populations. These include those
  with
• limited manual dexterity
• wheelchairs
• painful limb movements
• instability while standing
• sensitive skin
• In addition, adapted clothing also has been found
  useful for the elderly and even premature babies.

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Cost of adapted clothing

• Adapted clothing prices run similarly to normal
  clothing.
• Certain items might be priced a little higher
  because of
• The cost of material used,
• The intricacy of making the item, or
• A special function that only that company offers.
  
• However, it is a safe bet to say that most
  adapted clothing costs are parallel to that of
  normal clothing. It can run from 1 for a zipper
  pull to 400 for a special waterproof wheelchair
  cape.

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Manufacturing and procuring adapted clothing

• There are a lot of online companies that offer
  adapted clothing and can custom-tailor clothing
  to your exact dimensions.
• However, it is not always necessary to go through
  a company to get adapted clothing.
• You can make a lot of it yourself by adding
  Velco, larger buttons, making holes for feeding
  tubes, and things like that.
• Another option is to ask a tailor or dressmaker
  to modify clothing for you.

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Additional information

• Adapting clothing is not just making bigger
  clothes, replacing buttons with Velcro, or making
  one piece smocks.
• There are some really intricate pieces and
  designs of adapted clothing offered.
• There are even companies that specialize in
  adapted sportswear.
• Adapted clothing items are also available for
  premature babies whose small bodies do not fit
  into regular baby clothes.

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Online resources for adapted clothing

• http//www.gramssunshines.com
• http//www.myeasydoesit.com/
• http//www.clothingsolutions.com
• http//www.adaptationsbyadrian.com/
• http//innovativeplums.com/health/cozy.html
• http//www.angelfire.com/in2/oddshoes/
• http//www.professionalfit.com/