Title of article
Disabled children in public playgrounds: a pilot study
Author/Authors
Soltani, Hassan Khalifeh Universiti Teknologi MARA - Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs), Malaysia , Abbas, Mohamed Yusoff Universiti Teknologi MARA - Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs), Malaysia , Awang, Mohamad Universiti Teknologi MARA - Faculty of Architecture Planning and Surveying, Malaysia
From page
14
To page
26
Abstract
This is a cross-sectional pilot study on children with disabilities needs in public playgrounds. They often faced problems at public playgrounds, entertainment and amusement areas, due to the lack of ample provisions to cater their special needs. The purpose of the study was to investigate the current status of infrastructure and design proper public playgrounds in Malaysia. The study period was six months. Overall 40 disabled children, parents, teachers and doctors were questioned and interviewed. Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) software program was used for analysis. The finding revealed that there is necessary need to improve and construct well equipped public playgrounds for children with disabilities.
Keywords
disabled children , public playgrounds , post , occupancy study , quality of life
Journal title
Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies (ajE-Bs)
Journal title
Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies (ajE-Bs)
Record number
2547111
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