Section 3 · Accessibility for Learning Communities
Discover Inclusive Playgrounds
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability
A guide to designing and choosing playgrounds where every child can play, making the case for genuinely inclusive design over basic ADA compliance. It covers physical and programmatic access, costs and fundraising, and directories of inclusive playgrounds.
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Section 4 · Critical Frameworks and Curriculum Resources
Co-designing with Children with Disabilities
Weavly, Inclusive Design Research Centre
A practical guide to involving disabled children as genuine co-creators, so the children who will use the space help design it.
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Section 1 · What About Curb Cuts?
The Curb-Cut Effect and Championing Equity
Learning for Justice, Southern Poverty Law Center
The story of how design built for disabled people benefits everyone, the clearest case for designing these spaces inclusively from the start.
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Section 3 · Accessibility for Learning Communities
Sensory Spaces in Schools
National Council for Special Education, Ireland
Guidance on designing sensory spaces, useful when planning a calm or sensory-friendly area within a play or community space.
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Section 3 · Accessibility for Learning Communities
A Guide to School Physical Activity Programs
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability
A comprehensive guide to physical education and activity programmes that include students with disabilities. It covers PE classes, recess, before- and after-school programmes, and peer-to-peer inclusion models, with tools for assessing how accessible an existing programme is.
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