These new rubber playgrounds will give great opportunity to many children and their families, as many of these families with disabled children feel they cannot allow their kids to play on regular playgrounds. There are many safety and accessibility concerns when allowing disabled children on a public playground, whether the disability of the child is mental, physical, or a combination of the two. With disabilities of all kinds, many companies will use new available technologies to set new trends in the playground industry.

Physically disabled children are often limited in the variety of structures they are able to access, even with many accessibility features installed on modern buildings. Playgrounds often do not offer such options, and thus are often inaccessible to many physically disabled children. These new planned playgrounds will offer accessibility features, giving physically disabled children opportunities that once were not available to them on conventional public playgrounds. Features such as wheelchair ramps, wheelchair lifts for certain areas, and many railings will be very important aspects of these new playgrounds. With these many forms of accessibility, a wide variety of physically disabled children will be able to enjoy the new playgrounds and all they have to offer.

Mentally disabled children will also be accommodated on these new rubber playgrounds. Parents often have a fear of their mentally disabled children being bullied by other children on public playgrounds, which leads to them not taking their children out of the house to play as often as they should. The new playgrounds will only be open to families of disabled children, which make the chances of disabled children being bullied on the new playgrounds much lower. Features such as these will make these new disabled accessible playgrounds a great place to have fun for a wide variety of mentally disabled children.

For this reason, these new accessible playgrounds will benefit disabled children of all varieties, as they will be able to enjoy outdoors play possibly more often than they could before. Another important accessory that will be implemented into the new playgrounds is a huge area of available seating for parents. Not only will parents of disabled children be able to watch their kids closely, but they will also be able to communicate with other parents and make new friends of their own.

Many safety features will also be implemented in these new playgrounds, such as foam-covered metal bars, rubber playground surfacing, and many more. These safety features ensure that disabled children won't be harmed if an accident occurs, especially since disabled children are often more susceptible to accidental injuries. The implementing of a large array of these safety features is also one of the ways in which these new playgrounds will be different and more accessible to disabled children of a wide variety. Features such as rubber playground surfacing and foam covering on metal bars will ensure that no serious injury will occur upon impact of a normally hard and unforgiving surface. There are not required of many conventional playgrounds (although some do have them), and will make the new playground's environment much safer for disabled children.

With many new technological innovations, these new playgrounds will set a new standard for playgrounds in other settings, such as public schools and day care centres. Perhaps one day, some of the accessibility features within the new playgrounds will be present in all playgrounds in public areas, as to allow many types of disabled children to enjoy the fruits of outdoor communal playtime. Being able to play outside with other children provides important learning and growing experiences for all children, including the mentally and physically disabled.

Children can miss out on important aspects of childhood when deprived of the opportunity of outdoor play, especially on playgrounds.

Much more information is available about rubber playground surfacing and what they can offer at www.rtcsafety.co.uk

Author's Bio: 

Mark Glendale is the marketing manager of A1 Business Search and has been responsible for the smooth running of both the internet and social media marketing for the last decade now. Adept in all areas of successful internet advertising for both A1 Business Search and their branch of subsidiary companies, it is Mark Glendale’s goal to continue providing exceptional leadership and management qualities.