The document discusses the importance of functional and comfortable clothing for disabled and elderly people. It notes that clothing choice can substantially improve quality of life for those with mobility issues. Several factors are considered for clothing design including comfort, protection, aesthetics and appearance. Specific needs are discussed for different contexts like wheelchair use, staying in bed, and protective padding. Fabric properties like breathability, moisture transfer and thermal insulation are also examined. The document provides guidelines on textile properties, materials, structures and finishes to optimize clothing for disabled users.

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2.  The quality of life for disabled and elderly people
can in many cases be substantially improved by a
better choice of good looking and functional
clothing.
 to make the daily life as comfortable as possible for
persons who have many other obstacles to deal with.
 problems are not unique for disabled people but
might occur for all consumers.
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3. 2.GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Functional
Comfort Protection
Aesthetic
Appearance
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4.  The thermal comfort
 The tactile comfort
 True allergies
 Static charges
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5. In certain cases, the textile products are expected to
protect us from risks. For example, outdoor clothing gives
protection against rain.
Fire
From indoor environment
Wind resistance
from impact
Other
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6. Underwear, socks – skin contact
Middle layers – thermal insulation
Outerwear – appearance
Outdoor clothing – protection
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7.  Incontinence diapers
 Absorbent underpads
 Feeding bibs
 Paddings and protective shields
 Supportive braces
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8. Upholstery textiles
Bed textiles
Aiding devices
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9. 1.Sitting in a wheelchair-
 Good Fitting
Comfort in sitting
Fabric allowance
Thermal properties
Breathability
Durable
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10. 2.Staying in bed-
 Thermal balance
 Moisture transfer
 Allergic reaction
 Smooth surface bed
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11. Pad
Soft
Hard
Wearable
3.Paddings- To protect the human body from
impact.
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12. 4. Diapers:-
Ability to absorb moisture.
Application according to need.
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13. More body movement more is the
abrasive forces
Fabric allowance
5.Crutches and other supporting devices:-
6.Shaking – bad coordination
Clearing properties
Apron and feeding bibs
7.Supersensitive skin.
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14. Fabric properties are dependent on fibre and yarn properties, such as
 fibre fineness,
 fibre structure,
 fibre length,
 fibre type,
 yarn count
 yarn structure and
 yarn type.
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15. 1. Raw materials- fibre length, fibre fineness and fibre
structure. .
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16. 2.Fabric structures:-
 woven fabrics
 Knitted fabrics and
 Nonwoven fabrics.
3.Dyeing and finishing:-
Desired color
Fabric handle
Performance
Water repellency
Flame retardant
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17. 180 g/m2 for 100 % cotton.
120 g/m2 for 50 % CO / 50 % PES.
1.Raw material-
 Pure synthetic or pure natural fibre are used.
 No blends are mostly preferred .
2.Mass per unit area-
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18. 3.Thickness.
4. Abrasion resistance -heavy use 40 000 r (Martindale) for
clothing materials and 50 000 r.
5. Elastic properties.
6.Tear resistance-tear resistance for woven clothing fabrics is
at least 25 N.
7.Bursting strength.
8. Breaking strength-a minimum breaking strength of 350 N
for cotton polyester blended (50%/50%) sheets and 450 N for
cotton sheets.
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19. Appearance:-
Staining
Wrinkles
Seam puckering
Drapeability
Pilling
Colour fastness against rubbing-Oeko-Tex Standard has
limit values for colour fastness against rubbing 4 for dry
and 2–3 for wet
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20.  Colour fastness against washing : It is recommended for
colour fastness to washing value 4 .
 Colour fastness to perspiration : It is recommended
value 4
 Colour fastness against light : A minimum value 5 is
recommended for clothing fabrics.
 Wrinkling and wrinkle recovery: It is recommended for
clothing fabrics at least value 4.
 Pilling : It is recommended that the pilling for clothing
fabrics is 4 at least.
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21. Comfort properties:-
 Good thermal insulation-wheelchair users Indoors at +20 °c.
 Water vapour transmission Breathability: It is
recommended that the breathability of woven and knitted
clothing fabrics is at least 5000 g/m2*24 h.
 Air permeability-an air permeability of less than 150 l/m2*s
 Flame retardance-It is not possible to give an absolute
recommendation value for flame spread time because 15–60 s.
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22. Thus the aid of modern textile Engg. And advancement in
textile era can be vary well put to use for disabled people.
They are different from the other people in various need and
day to day work. So there is need to consider the clothing for
disabled people.
With help of textile Engg. We can improve the living style of
this people .
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