The design and development of disabled clothing who sit on wheelchair in Pakkred Home for children with disabilities (Baan Nontapum)

Abstract

The purposed of this research the design and development of disabled clothing who sit on wheelchair to solve of wearing and removing their clothes and increase their confident to stay in normal societies for them. Research processes was to collect primary data by disabled sample measurement, observed and interviewed about their requirement of the clothes, analyzed and designed clothing for disability people who sit on wheelchair, selected the designs to make as; 3 men clothes and 3 women clothes. Then took disability sample of 10 men’s wear and 10 women’s wear to try on clothes and corrected data to satisfied assessment of disability people for 20 samples. Statistic tools were percentage, standard average and standard deviation. Research result found that disabled clothing who sit on wheelchair which selected by experts. Experts choosed prototype#1, prototype#3 and prototype#4 for Men’s wear and prototype#1, prototype#2 and prototype#4 for Women’s wear. Satisfied assessment of disabled boy who effect with clothes of Pretty Outlook, Trendy, Neatly, Comfortably found ; In Men section as Men prototype#3, Men prototype#4, Men prototype#1 could reach satisfies as high-scored (Average scored 4.5, 4.5 and 4.1). In women section as women prototype#1, Men prototype#2, Men prototype#4 could reach satisfies as high-scored (Average scored 4.4, 4.2 and 4.1). of 10 sample people whom aged between 10-20 years old, educated in primary school, incomed less than 2,000 bahts, Almost care giver was female who went out to normal societies for 1-2 times per month and wanted to buy new cloth. Satisfied assessment of disabled boy who effect with clothes of Pretty Outlook, Trendy, Neatly, Comfortably found ; In Men section as Men prototype#3, Men prototype#4, Men prototype#1 could reach satisfies as high-scored (Average scored 4.5, 4.5 and 4.1). In women section as women prototype#1, Men prototype#2, Men prototype#4 could reach satisfies as high-scored (Average scored 4.4, 4.2 and 4.1). It found Men prototype#1, Men prototype#3 as highest scored of satisfaction (Average scored 4.85 and 4.65 ), Men prototype#4 as high scored of satisfaction (Average scored 4.40 ). Which effected to women’s wear found that Women prototype#4 as highest scored of satisfaction (Average 4.90 ) and Women prototype#1 and #2 as high scored of satisfaction (Average 4.40 ).