Cities making playgrounds more accessible
July 21st, 2008
From the Chicago Tribune and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Cities around the country are retooling their playgrounds to accommodate children with special needs. In Evanston, Illinois, parents raised money to build a special public playground on the lakefront in which virtually every piece of equipment is wheelchair accessible. In Seattle, the nonprofit Children’s PlayGarden is working with the city and Seattle Parks Foundation to add adaptive playground swings that are easier for children with disabilities to use.
The efforts are part of a national trend that has seen the number of accessible playgrounds rise in recent years as conditions such as autism garner awareness. Communications director Dina Morris at Boundless Playgrounds, a Connecticut-based nonprofit that builds accessible playgrounds, says the ten-year-old organization initially built about 10 playgrounds a year, but the number has risen to 25 annually in the last two years.
Earlier post here.
(Photo from Boundless Playgrounds)
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