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Guidelines for Accessibility toPublic Playgrounds Worksheet04-09-03 | News

Guidelines for Accessibility toPublic Playgrounds Worksheet
Based on section 15.6 to the ADAAG. Similar worksheet found on PlayWorld System’s website: www.playdesigns.com.

The ADAAG specifies two requirements for how many ground-level play components must be connected to an accessible route:

•One of each type of provided play component must be located on an accessible route.
•Ground level requirements as outlined in the chart below.

This worksheet is provided to help you learn to use the accessibility guidelines in planning for public playgrounds. While not intended for use with playgrounds already in existence, the page below will help you outline how plan your future playground in compliance with ADA requirements.

1 Assess ground level and elevated components of your play structure.

Total numbers in your play area (enter numbers in the boxes)

Ground Level

Components

Play Types

Elevated

2 Determine what components are needed.

The table at the bottom right of the page gives the established number of ground-level play components required on an accessible route. This number is based on the number of provided elevated play components.
Ground Level

Minum number required on accessible route
Coponents

Required by Table
Play Types

3 Compare ground play types in steps 1 and 2.

The larger number is your required minimum number of ground-level play components on an accessible route.
Ground Components - Circle the largest number.

Number of ground-level components from Step 1

Number of ground-level components from Step 2

4 Examine number of Elevated Play Components

Take your number of elevated components in step 1 and define how they will be connected.
Your number of elevated components

More Than 20...
• 25% must be connected by ramps.
• Remaining 25% must be connected to transfer systemsor ramps
19 or fewer...
• 50% must be connected to transfer systems.

Number of elevated components	Minimum ground-level components	Number of ground-level play types
2-4 5-7 8-10 11-13 14-16 17-19 20-22 23-35 more then 25	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 (plus 1 for each additional 3/25, or fraction thereof)	1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5