Providing accessibility in a playground presents challenges for designers, manufacturers and owners from the perspective of providing challenging equipment and surfaces that are both traversable and protect the child from injury.

The Canadian government in “A Profile of Disability in Canada, 2001” states that “persons with disabilities are those who report difficulties with daily living activities, or who indicated that a physical, mental condition or health problem reduce the kind or amount of activities they could do”.

The US Justice Department defines a disability with respect to an individual as any individual meeting any of the three following tests;

• A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such an individual,

• A record of such and impairment, or

• Being regarded as having such an impairment.