The role of clothing on participation of persons with a physical disability: A scoping review

Esmail, Alida; Poncet, F.; Auger, Claudine; Rochette, Annie; Dahan‐Oliel, Noémi; Labbé, Delphine; Kehayia, Eva; Billebaud, Christophe; Guise, Élaine de; Lessard, Isabelle; Ducharme, Isabelle; Vermeersch, O.; Swaine, Bonnie

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103058

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“…A scan of the published literature confirms the lack of reporting of access to clothing and footwear as a factor in experiences of people with disabilities. A scoping review on the role of clothing on participation of people with physical disabilities shows that clothing design is also an important determinant of participation [ 29 ]. Clothing that is not designed to accommodate a physical disability will limit participation.…”

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Measuring Disability Inclusion: Feasibility of Using Existing Multidimensional Poverty Data in South Africa

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2021

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This paper presents a framework for measuring disability inclusion in order to examine the associations between disability severity and levels of inclusion, provides an example of its operationalization, and assesses the feasibility of using an existing dataset to measure disability inclusion using this framework. Inclusion here refers to the extent to which people with disabilities are accepted and recognized as individuals with authority, enjoy personal relationships, participate in recreation and social activities, have appropriate living conditions, are able to make productive contributions, and have required formal and informal support. Indicators for the operationalization were drawn from the Individual Deprivation Measure South Africa country study and were mapped on to the domains of inclusion (where relevant), and the Washington Group Short Set of questions were used to determine disability status (no, mild, or moderate/severe disability). The analysis indicates that individuals with disabilities experience generally worse outcomes and a comparative lack of inclusion compared to individuals without disabilities, and broadly that those with moderate or severe disabilities experience worse outcomes than those with mild disabilities. This analysis also provides insight into the limitations of using existing datasets for different purposes from their original design.

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Measuring Disability Inclusion: Feasibility of Using Existing Multidimensional Poverty Data in South Africa

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2021

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“…Research on appearance-based inferences reveals that, among other visual cues (e.g., facial traits), attire is a highly influential factor in first impressions and initial judgments (Carr et al, 2009 ; Howlett et al, 2015 ; Lennon, 1986 ; Lower, 2018 ). In the current paper, we focus on attire, which refers to one’s clothing (Esmail et al, 2020 ) and excludes the other components of “dress”. Although attire (clothing) and dress are often used interchangeably, the latter is a much broader construct, defined as “an assemblage of modifications of the body and/or supplements to the body” (Roach-Higgins & Eicher, 1992 , p 1).…”

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Perceptions of Ethicality: The Role of Attire Style, Attire Appropriateness, and Context

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Professional attire has traditionally been regarded as a sign of ethicality. However, recent trends towards a more casual workplace may have altered the general public’s attire-based perceptions. To determine whether these trends have rendered the association between professional attire and ethicality obsolete, we draw on signaling theory and we examine, in two laboratory studies with working samples, the main effects of attire style (i.e., business formal, business casual, casual) on perceptions of employee ethicality. We also assess the mediating effects of attire appropriateness, the moderating effects of context (industry type), as well as their combined moderated-mediation effects in the relation between attire style and the outcome of interest. We find that casual attire is perceived as less ethical than business casual attire in both studies but is perceived as less ethical than business formal attire in the first study only. Moreover, the effect of attire style on perceptions of ethicality is mediated by perceptions of attire appropriateness. Lastly, we found inconclusive results for the moderated-mediation model, which suggest a more intricate effect of industry type than originally proposed. Three subsequent focus groups with working professionals provided additional insights into our findings and revealed workplace-relevant outcomes associated with perceptions of ethicality. Theoretical and practical implications, study limitations, and future research avenues are discussed.

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“…In addition to the role as a social communication tool [ 1 ] and the function of protection against environmental factors [ 2 ], textiles, by wrapping the body, can be the “territory” to detect internal (corporeal) and external (environmental) stimuli. This is the concept of Smart Textiles, in other words, fabrics that can interact with the environment/user by detecting and, sometimes, reacting and adapting to mechanical, thermal, chemical or electrical stimuli [ 3 ].…”

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Development of Piezoresistive Sensors Based on Graphene Nanoplatelets Screen-Printed on Woven and Knitted Fabrics: Optimisation of Active Layer Formulation and Transversal/Longitudinal Textile Direction

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Although the force/pressure applied onto a textile substrate through a uniaxial compression is constant and independent of the yarn direction, it should be noted that such mechanical action causes a geometric change in the substrate, which can be identified by the reduction in its lateral thickness. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the fabric orientation on both knitted and woven pressure sensors, in order to generate knowledge for a better design process during textile piezoresistive sensor development. For this purpose, these distinct textile structures were doped with different concentrations of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), using the screen-printing technique. The chemical and physical properties of these screen-printed fabrics were analysed using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, Ground State Diffuse Reflectance and Raman Spectroscopy. Samples were subjected to tests determining linear electrical surface resistance and piezoresistive behaviour. In the results, a higher presence of conductive material was found in woven structures. For the doped samples, the electrical resistance varied between 105 Ω and 101 Ω, for the GNPs’ percentage increase. The lowest resistance value was observed for the woven fabric with 15% GNPs (3.67 ± 8.17 × 101 Ω). The samples showed different electrical behaviour according to the fabric orientation. Overall, greater sensitivity in the longitudinal direction and a lower coefficient of variation CV% of the measurement was identified in the transversal direction, coursewise for knitted and weftwise for woven fabrics. The woven fabric doped with 5% GNPs assembled in the weftwise direction was shown to be the most indicated for a piezoresistive sensor, due to its most uniform response and most accurate measure of mechanical stress.

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The role of clothing on participation of persons with a physical disability: A scoping review

Cited by 19 publications

References 55 publications

Measuring Disability Inclusion: Feasibility of Using Existing Multidimensional Poverty Data in South Africa

Measuring Disability Inclusion: Feasibility of Using Existing Multidimensional Poverty Data in South Africa

Perceptions of Ethicality: The Role of Attire Style, Attire Appropriateness, and Context

Development of Piezoresistive Sensors Based on Graphene Nanoplatelets Screen-Printed on Woven and Knitted Fabrics: Optimisation of Active Layer Formulation and Transversal/Longitudinal Textile Direction

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