Autism is a developmental disorder that affects an individual’s ability to socialize, communicate, and behave. Autistic groups often face difficulties in social integration and psychological pressure. As a fashion style focusing on comfort, warmth and relaxation, healing clothing is gradually being accepted and loved by people. Traditional clothing elements represent unique Chinese cultural symbols and aesthetic values, and their integration into healing clothing may have a positive intervention effect on autistic groups.

The experiment involved 50 people with common autism as research subjects, half of whom served as the experimental group, wearing healing clothing with elements of traditional Chinese dress. The control group had the same number of people as the experimental group and wore normal healing clothing. The participants’ social interaction, emotional performance and self-identity were observed and recorded for a certain period of time, and the effect was tested by the Stanford Acute Stress Response Questionnaire (SASRQ).

After wearing the healing clothing with traditional Chinese clothing elements, the experimental group had more active social behaviors and positive emotions, and the average questionnaire score was 10 points higher than that of the control group. However, most of the patients in the control group were still in a depressed state and their activity was not high.

This study proposed to integrate traditional Chinese clothing elements into healing clothing, which has a very good intervention effect on the autistic group, and the research results are expected to provide better support and care for the autistic group.

Jiangsu University Philosophy and Social Science Research Project (No. 2020SJA1286).