Moving about

The first condition to be able to use the toys available is the possibility of accessing the area where they are located, which is often inside a park or a garden. This access must be possible through routes that can also be used by individuals with different abilities.
Obviously, it is essential that there is a connection that ensures the continuity between park access points and external road conditions, continuity which must not be interrupted, because for a person with different abilities even a few inaccessible metres can compromise the possibility of continuing.
The possibility of moving inside an area where the toys are located moving easily between one and the other must also be ensured, that is to be able to return to the departure point of the same toys.   D

Not least it must be possible for a person with different abilities to be able to reach facilities or points of interest within the park (benches, drinking fountains, toilets, shelters, etc.).
In public parks toys are often concentrated in a single area, which can mean having to cross a grassy area to reach it. A person with walking difficulties, in a wheelchair, pushing a buggy, pedalling a tricycle or a small bicycle, will find it difficult to continue if the ground is disconnected, soft, or covered in loose material. Moreover, at least one of the routes that lead to the play area should be paved with material suitable to guarantee, in time, a sufficiently smooth and compact surface.
If self-blocking elements, stones, wooden blocks or planks are used to pave the access pathways, great attention must be paid so that leaks or splitting do not cause reasons for tripping or trapping of wheels. D
If the route is paved with gravel or other loose material, it must be ensured that the walking surface is always well stabilised and compact, also by the use of binding products.

The longitudinal slope of the routes must be zero or minimal (max 5%) and quick drainage of rainwater must be ensured, avoiding formation of puddles and muddy or slippery parts.

It would be preferable to have the routes bordered by low demarcation curbs (different solutions are possible: also small sticks of wood laid on the margins of the routes and partially sunk), which are a tactile guide (to perceive by foot or stick) for those with visual impairments. Alternatively a strip of cobbles or a bush, a row of sticks, a handrail, or a fence can also be used. D

If the route, which gives access to the play area, or any other route within the park, is long enough, it might be useful to provide seating areas every 100 metres. In addition to the normal benches, ischiatic-resting areas also obtained from any fence or restraining wall could be provided.
If the toys are not close to a single defined area, but are scattered around the park or distant from each other, it must be possible to move easily between them, following the activities described to this point.