期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：10
页码：1165-1176
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i10/11493
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Playing is vital component for development of children in the sense of affective, psychomotor, cognitive, social interaction and creativity. All children including those with disabilities have the rights to experience play for their development. However, children with disabilities often face problems at public playgrounds, entertainment and amusement areas, due to the lack of ample provisions to cater to their special needs. Nowadays, many studies and debates among researchers regarding the importance of the children playground design have been conducted, however, ‘inclusive’ design in the children playground seems to be the exception rather than the rule. Inclusive playgrounds should be designed to provide a safe place where children of all abilities can play together, and are developmentally appropriate for children with and without disabilities. Therefore, this article is aims to describes the challenges faced in implementing Universal Design on children public playground. A scoping review method on the recent literature of inclusive play space and universal design was used to explore, locating, analysing and summarising the research findings on the nominated topic. A limited range of scoping reviews was identified, and a summary of their results were presented in two major themes. Due to limited available literature on the particular topic, the article may not able to provide a high level of rigour as systematic reviews but it generally helps to provide an overview on the research area and provide a timely summary of current evidence that can be used to encourage construction professional practitioner in incorporating Universal Design in children public playground. The outcomes of this paper can serve as a theoretical base for the development of model designed to ensure that above all, children with disabilities would have the right to play in these inclusive playgrounds safely and thus contribute to Malaysia's social sustainability and development.
