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Application of Play Area Guidelines
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Soft Contained Play Structures
Guidelines for Accessible Routes
Guidelines for Accessible Surfaces
Additional Guidelines for Accessibility
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A diagram showing a disabled child’s reach ranges.
Reach Ranges (Advisory)

The play area guidelines include advisory information on recommended reach ranges. Reach ranges are the recommended high and low points of space that a person seated in a wheelchair can reasonably extend their arm or hand to touch, manipulate, move, or interact with an object or play component.