TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Disabled children in public playgrounds: A pilot study
JO  - Procedia - social and behavioral sciences
A1  - Abbas, Mohamed Yusoff
A1  - Soltani, Seyed Hassan Khalifeh
A1  - Awang, Mohamad Bin
SP  - 670
EP  - 676
VL  - 36
IS  - 
N2  - 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 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.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1877-0428
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.073
ID  - ref1
ER  -