International Textile and Apparel Association 2018: Re-Imagine the Re-Newable (ITAA) Annual Conference Proceedings Jan 1st, 12:00 AM Development of Tactile Garment Design Strategies for Women with Visual Impairments Sunhyung Cho Iowa State University,
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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/itaa_proceedings Part of the Disability Studies Commons, and the Fashion Design Commons Cho, Sunhyung; Aflatoony, Lida; Uriyo, Angela; and Morris, Kristen, "Development of Tactile Garment Design Strategies for Women with Visual Impairments" (2018). International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference Proceedings. 110. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/itaa_proceedings/2018/presentations/110 This Oral is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences and Symposia at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Annual Conference Proceedings by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Cleveland, Ohio 201 8 Proceedings Development of Tactile Garment Design Strategies for Women with Visual Impairments Sunhyung Cho, Iowa State University Lida Aflatoony, Angela Uriyo, and Kristen Morris, University of Missouri Keywords: apparel, visual impairment, functional, symbolic There are 1.3 million people in the U.S who are visually-impaired (National Federation of the Blind, 2017) and clothing is of special importance to them due to their physical limitations and the impact it has on their independence.