What Is Inclusive Recreation?
Exclusion occurs even without permanent, legally-recognized or severe disabilities.
We believe that everyone, no matter their circumstance deserves to play their own way.
Turning Accessibility into Inclusivity
Recreation spaces are built with two types of people in mind: typical and atypical. This sense of difference—however subtle, unspoken or unconscious—reinforces divisions within communities and between individuals.
Accessible equipment and areas can address immediate, visible needs, sometimes at the cost of ignoring others.
No Typical User
Inclusive recreation spaces are designed without a typical user in mind. Instead, these spaces address points of exclusion by acknowledging and supporting a wide range of individual, environmental, and circumstantial needs.
The Result
Recreation equipment that reinforces inclusion brings us closer together by creating safe, interactive, and inviting public areas where everyone feels welcome.
Our Solutions
Not Just Playgrounds
Children don’t visit playgrounds by themselves, but the adults that accompany them often find themselves sitting down with nothing to do.
Greenfields Outdoor Fitness provides inclusive, easy-to-use equipment that promotes activity, wellness, and interaction for those who have outgrown spiral slides.
Too Old to Play?
We don’t have to lose our sense of creativity, risk, and adventure when we turn 13; and taking younger siblings to the playground doesn’t have to be a chore.
TrekFit designs and manufactures challenging urban obstacles for people ages 13 and older that can make going to the park fun again.
All Together Now
Relationships and connection grow with time spent together. Recreation equipment with scaffolded challenges increase the likelihood of social interaction between age groups.
UPC’s rocks and ropes courses provide natural structures that children of all ages and abilities can enjoy.
