A Scoping Review of Evidence-Informed Recommendations for Designing Inclusive Playgrounds.

ABSTRACT: Background: Playgrounds provide children with many sensory, motor, and socioemotional experiences that are critical to child development. Unfortunately, playgrounds also represent an environment where children with disabilities experience barriers to accessing play. Structures and materials that are prominently found in almost all playground designs (e.g., swings, slides, sand) can present as obstacles for many children with disabilities to engage in independent play. Aims: This scoping review engaged in the empirical literature to address the research question, "What are the evidence-informed recommendations for designing inclusive playgrounds to enable participation for children with disabilities?" Consideration was given not only to the physical design of playgrounds, but

SUBMITTER: Brown DMY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9397725 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature