Abstract: Wearing apparel which helps to manage autistic children by preventing them from removing the wearing apparel once they are placed in the wearing apparel. The wearing apparel is made from a soft cotton material and has an opening through which the wearing apparel is placed onto or removed from the child. The opening is the only way the wearing apparel can be donned or removed. A closure mechanism allows the opening to be open for passage of the child into or out of the wearing apparel when in the open configuration and to close the opening to prevent the passage of the child into or out of the wearing apparel when in the closed configuration. The closure is located where the child cannot reach it once the wearing apparel is donned whereby once the child is dressed, the child cannot disrobe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to educational tools and methods for teaching individuals, and in particular consumers, about the enhanced performance characteristics of textile products. In accordance with the present invention, the enhanced performance characteristics are typically invisible to the naked eye, however the effects of these enhanced performance characteristics can be easily visualized when challenged. Accordingly, such educational tools and methods are necessary to demonstrate the enhanced performance characteristics of the textile products that would otherwise be impossible to recognize.