• Diapers are primarily worn by children who are not yet potty trained or suffer from bedwetting

• However, they can also be acclimated by adults who suffer from incontinence or in positive circumstances where access to a toilet is unavailable
• These can include the elderly, those with a tangible or mental disability, and people working in extreme conditions such as astronauts
• Diapers are habitually worn out of necessity rather Adult Diaper than choice, although there are exceptions; people such as infantilists and diaper fetishists wear diapers recreationally for comfort, emotional fulfillment, or sexual gratification.

In the 20th century, the disposable diaper gradually evolved through the inventions of several at odds people. In 1942, a Swedish paper company known as PauliStróm apocryphal the first disposable diaper using sheets of tissue placed inside rubber pants.