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In France, access to leisure activities is a reality for only 0.28 percent of disabled children. Yet play contributes to the child’s quality of life, their autonomy, and peer learning—and this is true not just for the disabled child, but reciprocally. The goal is first to interrogate the role of third places like Kaléidoscope, which provides non-typical leisure activities, in the lives of children who are “excluded” from traditional leisure activities, and then to examine what resources, training, and partnerships might help to collectively build gateways toward collective support for children. While such initiatives exist, they are often limited, makeshift, and short-lived. We argue that the life projects of disabled children demand sustained political attempts to break down budgetary barriers between health, education, and inclusion.