Locking clothing is designed to prevent wearers from disrobing when doing so is inappropriate. Those who may need such clothes include older adults with old-age conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease, or younger adults and children with disorders from birth.
an off-center back zipper found on an adaptive jumpsuitCommonly, adaptive clothes that are made with this accommodation are one-piece jumpsuits that feature back zippers. In many cases, they are made with zippers that have one or more unusual features in order to make them unlike regular clothes, and therefore harder to remove. Though a zipper in back may be harder to reach, many women may be able to remove clothes with such a feature[citation needed], since normal women's dresses feature back zippers that are meant to be self-operated[clarification needed].
Some alternative closures on these jumpsuits include zippers that zip from top to bottom (they are separating zippers similar to those found on coats) and tuck into a small pocket found below waist level.
Other zippers may be off-center in order to be in a location in which the patient is not used to finding it.
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