Borzenkova, G., Niedderer, K., Rozsahegyi, T., 2018.

Designing Play Equipment for Children with Cerebral Palsy: the context and design guidelines

This paper presents an investigation into designing play equipment for encouraging
peer-to-peer social interactions of children with cerebral palsy as a part of
developing their social competence. The focus is on developing a new model of, and
guidelines for designing play equipment for engaging children in peer interactions
during play sessions. Research projects on the development of children with cerebral
palsy have to date mainly concentrated on physical and cognitive areas or on social
development through special educational programmes and training. This paper, in
contrast, investigates developing social competence through empowering children
to participate in open-ended peer play through a new model of play equipment.