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Play has an important role in the development of physical and social skills of children (Piaget 1929), and is recognised as a fundamental human right (cf Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child).
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This project was funded through a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant. The authors wish to thank the participating children; the parents and teachers who helped to arrange this; the students who aided the design and construction of prototypes: Matt Hodgkinson, Liam Kilkenny, Rik Loong, Billy Pagett and Alex Styles; and also Abbas Ismail who provided technical support in the manufacture of the prototypes.
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Holt, R.J., Moore, AM., Beckett, A.E. (2014). Together Through Play: Facilitating Inclusive Play Through Participatory Design. In: Langdon, P., Lazar, J., Heylighen, A., Dong, H. (eds) Inclusive Designing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05095-9_22
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