Srinivasan, Rajashree
(2021)
Play for all : designing inclusive play spaces.
Learning Curve (10).
pp. 8-12.
ISSN 2582-1644
Abstract
I go back to the year 1999 when I was collecting
data for my Ph D work at a school which then called
itself ‘inclusive’, for, in that decade, it was deemed
so if schools had a separate building for educating
children with disabilities within the precincts of a
regular school. During lunch and playtime, I watched
non-disabled siblings and friends of children with
disabilities standing outside the gates of this wing,
waiting to embrace their siblings and gleefully
clasp their hands and run towards the playground.
While many struggled to run, what stood out was
laughter, screams of joy, camaraderie, warmth, and
empathy. When it was time to return after recess
or play, it was a sad sight to watch. Children with
disabilities never wanted to return to their classes.
Their siblings would sit for a while to placate them.
Teachers would offer comforting words.
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