Fashion and Assistive Technology might seem like a bizarre intersection, but for most people with disabilities, it makes complete sense.

Adaptive clothing can help people with a variety of disabilities manage their clothing independently throughout the entire day. Just as there is a myriad of disabilities, there is also a myriad of adaptive clothing needs. You might need clothing that is easier to put on in a sitting position, that can accommodate limb difference, allow for medical device access, doesn’t require fine motor skills to interact with or offers smaller size options for adult styles of clothing. On top of these need related differences, the number of considerations increase exponentially when choice of adaptation comes into play like: magnetic vs Velcro closures; back, side and hidden access openings; designs that are toileting-friendly; provide seated comfort; offer step-in options; grant easy access points; or soft/sensory-friendly material types. All of this comes into play, many times, before the user’s sense of taste is even brought into the picture. That is why Where It’s AT is here with a current set of adaptive clothing options and vendors. That way, your clothes are not only functional for your needs, but are also the form of self-expression they should be.

• Tommy Hilfiger has an adaptive clothing line, with adaptive features like easy open necklines, magnetic buttons and pull up loops. They have their offerings broken into a women’s adaptive line and a men’s adaptive line.
• JCPenny has an adaptive clothing line that sports tons of adaptive features, such as; Hook and loop fasteners, tag free clothing, flat seams, hook and loop flys and seated rises. Not only this, but they also offer their adaptive clothing line in plus sizes, showing that they understand that the disability community is diverse and intersectional.
• Silverts offers clothing options covering a wide range of needs, from Assisted Dressing to Self Dressing to Recovery Wear.
• IZ is a clothing line dedicated to creating clothes that are accessible for wheelchair users, offering options like seamless back jeans, no rear pockets, or pull tabs and are cut for a seated frame.
• Kathy D Woods has a clothing line tailored for little people. Despite the modest selection, what she does have is absolutely gorgeous. Her dresses, blouses and blazers are absolutely stunning and you will want them in your closet immediately.
• Seven7 offers premium denim jeans with a great adaptive line. Their clothes have faux front flys, Velcro and magnets to simplify fastening and Velcro fastening at side hems to accommodate leg braces and orthotics.
• Reboundware designs their clothes to be fashionable and functional. Their tops have strategically placed 2-way zipper openings at shoulders, side seams, front that provide access for heart monitors, ports, infusions, and facilitates shoulder surgery recovery. Their bottoms have strategically located side seam zippers that provide access to the waist, hips, upper and lower leg, pull loops to minimize bending, they eliminate the need to fully undress for physical therapy treatments, icing, and medical exams, can accommodates casts, boots, braces, prosthetics, and external fixation devices, and support recovery after hip or knee surgery.
• Zappos has a small sizes guide that can be very useful for people of short stature.
• Professional Fit Clothing has jumpsuits, elastic waisted pants, and body shirts. They also have a line of Pica behavior clothing that is made out of an outdoor waterproof polyester that will hold up to aggressive picking.
• Ministry of Supply offers Kinetic Adaptive Pants for wheelchair users that have darted knees, reinforced inner waistband grab handles, and low-profile pockets
• Joe & Bella have adaptive clothing options like pants with long, easy-to-grab pull tabs on side zippers that run from from waist to knee and a third zipper that allows the full front to be opened and tops with magnetic snap closures and snaps at shoulders to avoid pressure points.
• MagnaReady® sells casualwear, activewear and sleepwear that are made more accessible by magnetically infusing the garments for ease of dressing.
• Able2 Wear promotes that they are the “UK’s leading supplier of wheelchair clothing and adaptive clothing”, offering waterproof wheelchair items, Velcro fastening shirts and elasticated waist trousers.
• One Stone Clothing is a very limited clothing line, but is specifically designed for little people.
• Alter UR Ego sells some fantastic jeans for wheelchair users, sporting features like pockets on the thighs, an elastic high-back waistline, and pull straps and please don’t navigate away from this shop without taking a look at their “I’m in it for the parking” and Literally can’t stand it” t-shirts. I can’t get enough of this shop.
• Adaptive Clothing Showroom has a clothing shop that includes anti-strip jumpsuits, back snap t-shirts and boxers with side snap and hook and loop closures.
• Unhidden carries a small selection of contemporary clothing that features concealed chest openings, side openings for tube access, and concealed popper tape on sleeves.
• Although Slick Chicks is primarily known for their accessible underwear options, they have a very stylish loungewear line, with raised back and lowered front waists, full zipper openings along side seams, dropped armholes, and openings designed for the purpose of tube routing.
• Easy Access Clothing has a clothing line with they have pants that can lay flat and open, requiring no lifting, allowing you to dress in a wrap around method. Some clothes have reinforced wrist loops for lifting while dressing. They offer pants that have a wider cut and higher rise in the back for comfort and coverage. They even have bodysuits with scooped necklines that leave room for a trach and have snap access to help the bodysuit stay tucked in while still providing easy access for toileting.
• No Limbits clothing line was created with amputees, wheelchair users, and those with limited dexterity and sensory sensitivities in mind. They offer pants with reinforced materials that help to prevent ripping and have hidden zippers on the inseams of both legs so to provide access to your prosthesis. 
• It Actually Fits is a clothing line for little people with great semiformal dresses, tops, and bottoms.
• Patti + Ricky have a substantial line of adaptive clothing that includes seated skirts, treatment wear, sensory friendly pieces, and seated wear.
• Buck & Buck sells “clothing that promotes independent dressing, or styles that make dressing a loved one easier”. They have a wide variety of options like coats, pantsuits, sweatsuits, and vests.
• Rolli-Moden has cool clothing items for wheelchair users like dress jackets with features like short lapels, short cut fronts and short cut backs that only go to the seat and tops that are short in the front and longer in back with wider necks for easier dressing.
• Authored has a small line of clothing that sports features like side-zip pants and collar line zip tops.
• And if you still just aren’t able to find what you are looking for, you can always utilize services like Custom Adaptive Clothing by Cover Up Shop where you can buy off the rack in their adaptive clothing shop, or send in your own clothing items to be tailored to your needs by their expert staff. To that point, you can always look around to find out if there any local tailors who can make alterations as needed.