Inclusive playground for children with and without disabilities

Among the major issues considered when the recommendations were made were suggestions that all playground designs should:

• Be based on children's anthropometric dimensions and other resource information
• Be based on children with disabilities who utilize a variety of assistive devices
• Provide opportunity for use by children with a variety of abilities
• Support social interaction and encourage integration
• Create challenges, not barriers
• Maintain safety consistent with ASTM requirements
• Be reasonable in terms of cost relative to benefit
• Be based on independent use as much as possible
• Address access for parents and caregivers
• Provide access to elevated structures (additional ground-level accessible play components may be required, depending on the vertical access provided to elevated structures)
• Provide advisory information in an understandable format to assist designers, operators and owners to effectively incorporate access into their designs