Children’s perceptions of accessible playgrounds

- Burke, Jenene

Title
Children’s perceptions of accessible playgrounds
Creator
Burke, Jenene
Date
2007
Type
Text; Conference paper
Identifier
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/64743
Identifier
vital:3709
Identifier
https://www.aare.edu.au/data/publications/2007/bur07606.pdf
Identifier
ISBN:1324-9320
Abstract
For some children with impairments, playing on a playground with other children, is seldom or never experienced. Accessible playgrounds have features which can give children with disabilities the opportunity to gain access to play so that they can be included in play with other children, including peers who do not have impairments. In this paper, qualitative data drawn from the views and perceptions of children is explored. Interpretation through reflection on this data attempts to make sense of the lived experience of participants in school and community playgrounds as they try to engage with supposedly accessible play equipment that can facilitate participation, yet also create unintentional barriers to play. The social model of disability, which suggests that disability is created by an unequal social relationship, together with the 'new' sociology of childhood is adopted as a way of viewing the relationship between children, disability and the playground environment. An argument is advanced for broader implications that affect children who use school and community playgrounds which need to be considered to enhance inclusion of children with disabilities in play.
Publisher
Fremantle, Western Australia :
Relation
Paper presented at AARE 2007 International Educational Research Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia : 25th-29th November 2007
Rights
Open Access
Rights
This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject
Doctoral Education Research
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