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Adaptive clothing is clothing designed for people with physical disabilities, the elderly, and the infirm who may experience difficulty dressing themselves due to an inability to manipulate closures, such as buttons and zippers, or due to a lack of a full range of motion required for self-dressing. Adaptive clothing typically offers rear-closure designs so that an individual can be dressed more easily by a carer. For example, rather than buttons and zippers, Velcro may be used for garment closures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Adaptive Clothing – Information and Availability )〕 A common misconception of adaptive clothing is that it is only for wheelchair users or others that suffer from severe disabilities. Whilst these groups do benefit from the garments, adaptive clothing is for anyone that can be limited by traditional clothing. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 What is Adaptive Clothing? )〕 == Clothing for special needs == Adaptive clothing is specialised clothing that is modified to enable easier dressing for people with a disability. The clothing is modified to help people with a high degree of disability and their carers or to assist individuals with a lower degree of disability to dress independently.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 What is Adaptive Clothing - )〕 Adaptive clothing can benefit people of all ages with disorders or natural ageing such as the following: * Arthritis * Cerebral Palsy * Multiple Sclerosis (MS) * Motor Neurone Disease (MND) * Oedema * Incontinence * Alzheimer's Disease * Parkinson's Disease * Stroke * Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) * Brain Injury * Muscular Dystrophy (MD) * Contractures Adaptive clothing typically incorporates flat seams to reduce friction, discrete adaptations to make the clothing look as normal as possible, easy access with snaps, Velcro, or stretchy fabric, roomy design to accommodate incontinence aids, longer rise in the back to accommodate sitting in wheelchairs, elastic waist for increased comfort, and reduced effort when dressing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adaptive clothing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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