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A Classification of Care Apparel Characteristics for Disabled User Requirement

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Advances in Design for Inclusion (AHFE 2019)

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Care apparel market for disabled customers in Hong Kong is substantially grown up over last decade. Disabled users could hardly find their required apparel products. It was found that the clothing needs of disabled users tend to have the functional and aesthetic elements of apparel product, which are key factors to determine the feasibility of production method. The study aims at to classify the apparel characteristic based on disability level of users, in order to assist care apparel development in production and market. Observation and interviews were made with the disabled customers. The result revealed that the user expectations for apparel product were classified into three groups based on characteristics of current products.

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We sincerely thank all the staff members in the Care Apparel Center from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which could provide full support to my research. Their substantial services and extensive experience to the disabled and the elderly have been the foundation of this whole study.

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Feng, Q. (2020). A Classification of Care Apparel Characteristics for Disabled User Requirement. In: Di Bucchianico, G. (eds) Advances in Design for Inclusion. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 954. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20444-0_53

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