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Having a say in places to play
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2024-07-01
Authors
Lynch, Helen
Jansens, Rianne
Prellwitz, Maria
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Routledge
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Abstract
Play is a fundamental occupation of children, and children’s right to play is recognized in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Opportunities to play are influenced by the environment, and in a child-rights-based approach, adults have an obligation to provide appropriate play spaces. Children with disabilities experience difficulties in accessing and playing in community play spaces. Therefore, their perspectives should be included in the design of these spaces. Instead, they are often excluded from consultation on playspace designs, and their participation rights are denied. Children with disabilities are thus multiply disadvantaged in exercising their rights.
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Play , Children’s right to play , Children with disabilities , Community play spaces , Consultation on playspace designs
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Lynch, H., Jansens, R. and Prellwitz, M. (2024) ‘Having a say in places to play’, in Bishop, K. and Dimoulias, K. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook on the Influence of Built Environments on Diverse Childhoods. New York: Routledge, pp. 191-205. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003284406-17
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