Barriers to Play and Recreation for Children and Young People with Disabilities : Exploring Environmental Factors

This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. The authors come from different disciplinary backgrounds, in Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Occupational Health and Education and bring different concerns to this review. They are united, however, in their adoption of a rights-based perspective. The UNCRC and UNCRPD emphasise the right to play for children with disabilities. Play is vital for child development. The problem of 'play deprivation' for many children with disabilities is very real. Yet the right to, and value of 'play for the sake of play', for fun and recreation, must not be forgotten in relation to the lives of children with disabilities. The focus in this report is upon barriers to play that exist beyond the minds and bodies of individual children, within a 'disabling' environment. Barriers include those associated with the design of the built environment, social attitudes and professional practices. The report maps an agenda for further research in this area, emphasising the need for participatory methodologies that capture the views and voices of children with disabilities, their friends and families, on this important issue of play. ABSTRACTING & INDEXING __Barriers to Play and Recreation for Children and Young People with Disabilities__ is covered by the following services: Baidu Scholar Bayerische Staatsbibliothek BoD Bowker Book Data CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) Dimensions DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) EBSCO Elsevier – Scopus Books ExLibris Google Books Google Scholar Naviga ReadCube Semantic Scholar TDOne (TDNet) WorldCat (OCLC) X-MOL ## Author information Carol Barron, Angharad Beckett,Marieke Coussens,Annemie Desoete, Nan Cannon Jones, Helen Lynch, Maria Prellwitz,Deborah Fenney Salkeld ## Topics * [Development Psychology](/search?query=*&subjectFacet=SN-03-03) * [Education](/search?query=*&subjectFacet=SN-04) * [Psychology](/search?query=*&subjectFacet=SN-03) * [Social Sciences](/search?query=*&subjectFacet=SN) * [Social Sciences, other](/search?query=*&subjectFacet=SN-08) * [Specialist Studies in Education](/search?query=*&subjectFacet=SN-04-06) ## Contents | | | | --- | --- | | [Frontmatter](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-fm/html) Publicly Available [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-fm/pdf) | I | | [Contents](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-toc/html) Publicly Available [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-toc/pdf) | V | | [Biography](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-001/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-001/pdf) | VII | | [1 Introduction](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-002/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-002/pdf) | 1 | | [2 Overview of Play Studies](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-003/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-003/pdf) | 3 | | [3 The Right to Play](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-004/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-004/pdf) | 6 | | [4 Definition of Disability](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-005/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-005/pdf) | 11 | | [6 Methodology](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-006/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-006/pdf) | 17 | | [7 Findings](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-007/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-007/pdf) | 19 | | [8 Discussion and Conclusion](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-008/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-008/pdf) | 26 | | [9 Recommendations](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-009/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-009/pdf) | 29 | | [References](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-010/html) Open Access [Download PDF](/document/doi/10.1515/9783110526042-010/pdf) | 31 | This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. The authors come from different disciplinary backgrounds, in Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Occupational Health and Education and bring different concerns to this review. They are united, however, in their adoption of a rights-based perspective. The UNCRC and UNCRPD emphasise the right to play for children with disabilities. Play is vital for child development. The problem of 'play deprivation' for many children with disabilities is very real. Yet the right to, and value of 'play for the sake of play', for fun and recreation, must not be forgotten in relation to the lives of children with disabilities. The focus in this report is upon barriers to play that exist beyond the minds and bodies of individual children, within a 'disabling' environment. Barriers include those associated with the design of the built environment, social attitudes and professional practices. The report maps an agenda for further research in this area, emphasising the need for participatory methodologies that capture the views and voices of children with disabilities, their friends and families, on this important issue of play. 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This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. The authors come from different disciplinary backgrounds, in Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Occupational Health and Education and bring different concerns to this review. They are united, however, in their adoption of a rights-based perspective. The UNCRC and UNCRPD emphasise the right to play for children with disabilities. Play is vital for child development. The problem of 'play deprivation' for many children with disabilities is very real. Yet the right to, and value of 'play for the sake of play', for fun and recreation, must not be forgotten in relation to the lives of children with disabilities. The focus in this report is upon barriers to play that exist beyond the minds and bodies of individual children, within a 'disabling' environment. Barriers include those associated with the design of the built environment, social attitudes and professional practices. The report maps an agenda for further research in this area, emphasising the need for participatory methodologies that capture the views and voices of children with disabilities, their friends and families, on this important issue of play.

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This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. The authors come from different disciplinary backgrounds, in Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Occupational Health and Education and bring different concerns to this review. They are united, however, in their adoption of a rights-based perspective. The UNCRC and UNCRPD emphasise the right to play for children with disabilities. Play is vital for child development. The problem of'play deprivation'for many children with disabilities is very real. Yet the right to, and value of'play for the sake of play', for fun and recreation, must not be forgotten in relation to the lives of children with disabilities. The focus in this report is upon barriers to play that exist beyond the minds and bodies of individual children, within a'disabling'environment. Barriers include those associated with the design of the built environment, social attitudes and professional practices. The report maps an agenda for further research in this area, emphasising the need for participatory methodologies that capture the views and voices of children with disabilities, their friends and families, on this important issue of play. ABSTRACTING & INDEXING Barriers to Play and Recreation for Children and Young People with Disabilities is covered by the following services: Baidu Scholar DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) EBSCO Discovery Service Google Scholar J-Gate Naviga (Softweco) Primo Central (ExLibris) ReadCube Semantic Scholar Summon (ProQuest) TDOne (TDNet) WorldCat (OCLC) Annotation This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. The authors come from different disciplinary backgrounds, in Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Occupational Health and Education and bring different concerns to this review. They are united, however, in their adoption of a rights-based perspective. The UNCRC and UNCRPD emphasise the right to play for children with disabilities. Play is vital for child development. The problem of 'play deprivation' for many children with disabilities is very real. Yet the right to, and value of 'play for the sake of play', for fun and recreation, must not be forgotten in relation to the lives of children with disabilities. The focus in this report is upon barriers to play that exist beyond the minds and bodies of individual children, within a 'disabling' environment. Barriers include those associated with the design of the built environment, social attitudes and professional practices. The report maps an agenda for further research in this area, emphasising the need for participatory methodologies that capture the views and voices of children with disabilities, their friends and families, on this important issue of play This report reviews international research into the barriers to play for children with disabilities. Play is vital for child development, but the right to and value of play for the sake of play - for fun and enjoyment - must not be forgotten, especially for children with disabilities.