CTF 5-9: Fashion Studies: Adaptive Fashion

Adaptive clothes are clothes that are specially designed for people with a disability. This can mean providing one-handed zippers on shoes, replacing buttons with magnetic closures or designing clothing and footwear so you can get dressed while in a seated position.

A resource guide for designers who are interested in making their clothing more inclusive for people with disabilities

Inspired by her son who was born with a degenerative disorder, fashion designer Mindy Scheier set out to create clothing that is more inclusive for people with disabilities.

An article by The Guardian news site about fashion design for people with disabilities.

A disabled mannequin campaign has been devised for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by Pro Infirmis, an organisation for the disabled. Entitled Because who is perfect? Get closer., it is designed to provoke reflection on the acceptance of people with disabilities.