Video of the final product

Hope you like our project!

More pictures of the process and the final product

Here are some pictures of the patrts of the playground and the final product. the white coloured things are the turtle spring rides before their painted and decorated

3D SKETCH OF UNDERWATER-THEMED PLAYGROUND

DRAWN BY TORI LAWE (39)

picture of 2d sketch

pictures of the process

These are some of the pictures of us working on our project and having fun at the same time!

research on disabled

Physical therapy is a health care profession which provides services to individuals and populations to develop maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout life. This includes providing services in circumstances where movement and function are

threatened by aging, injury, disease or environmental factors.

INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN WITH LOST OF LIMBS.
Children with congenital limb deficiencies (born without one or more limbs) feel different from their peers. They may feel sad and often grieve not having four “normal” limbs. Children must make a lot of physical (body) and emotional (feelings) adjustments to major body changes like these..
Children often blame their parents
Children with limb loss often have battles with their parents about prosthetic use and activities. Parents try to protect their children from failure, teasing, and other struggles.

About younger children
Often, many young children does not want to wear prostheses. Children often make this choice because prostheses may hurt or not feel comfortable. Many children also want to feel skin sensations and do not like how prostheses keep them from doing so.

About teenagers
Limb loss can make this time harder because teenagers do not want to be different from their friends. They may try to hide their limb loss. For instance, teenagers with lower-limb loss may not want to swim or do other activities that expose their legs. It is harder for teenagers to hide upper-limb loss because hands are so easy to see. Teenagers are less apt to hide limb loss once they feel liked by friends.

ACTIVITIES THEY DO

Children without limbs can also do many activities other than being in the house all day long. For examples, they can go to a gym and exercise their muscles and body. By doing so, they will increase their strength, flexibility, and muscle-tone, aid mobility and self-esteem, help control weight and aid digestion
They can also join Disabled Clubs, They are clubs specially formed to meet the needs of the disabled. These Club aims to help people that are physically disabled to regain their confidence and make their lives meaningful. Some activities commonly organised by these club are, fishing, jogging and swimming. Other than these, the children without limbs can still play games such as hop-scotch and dancing. These are great ways to relieve their stress and make them happier.

Equipments they used.
Usually, children without limbs have”artificial;” legs or prosthetics legs. The type of artificial limb used is determined largely by the extent of an amputation or loss and location of the missing extremity. These artificial limbs allow the children to be normal and they can feel like themselves. Thus, they will be more mobile than before.

INFORMATION ON WHEELCHAIR BOUND PATIENTS/ CHILDREN.

Pediatric Wheelchairs
Pediatric wheelchairs are mobile aids designed for and used by children. Children require the use of a wheelchair for different reasons - some have suffered head injuries, some have muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy, some are amputees, who are not candidates for artificial limbs, and others make limited use of their wheelchairs in lieu of a walker or crutches.

Wheel chair bound patients usually thinks that they are outcasts of the society, and they are not mobile, hence they normally refuses to interact with other people. They are often trapped in their own world and these cause them to become very stressed up.

playgrounds in the neighbourhood

Here are some of the playgrounds in Tampines:)

Sorry about the picture resolution but as you can see,the sand acts as a nautral cushion if any accident were to happen. The rock climbing wall is also made in the same colour as the sand, making it look more natural to its surroundings. As kids are naturally attracted to thing with bright colours, colours like yellow and purple are used. The location of the playground is also important for the effect of the theme of the playground. As you can see, the setting of the playground is quite gloomy in the morning, creating a mysterious effect. the arcs are also built built near the slides or stairs which makes the playground look very much like a treehouse. Mini bridges are also commonly used to make the whole playground look bigger and tempting for children to play in!

Although this is partly anexercise caorner as well, the first impression about the playground was that its roof makes the whole playground resemble like a castle. The roller(the thing in red with yellow handles) in which the child would have to run very fast to keep his balance is not common in other playgrounds which attracts kids to came and play. It was one of my favourite item too.

This is my personal favourite as the colour contrast is very eye-catching. With the fake tress and round canopy, the theme of this playgound is clearly like an island. The slides are the most attractive about this playgound and the synthetic trees are probably the main highlight about this playground. The common thing about most of the playgrounds I have seen is that the flooring of the playground is either rubber or sand which are probably made due to safety reasons.

So Choon Chia(37)