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Playtime for All

Group Seeks More Inclusive Playground Design

Children run through the toys with their imagination and excitement two strides ahead of their youthful legs. They slide down from the make-believe castle while friends on the other side of the area crawl through a “tunnel,” a plastic chute that stimulates the vision of being a conquering hero.

Meanwhile, a child on the perimeter of the play area has to push his imagination harder because his wheelchair or walker doesn't maneuver the small gravel well, and the young mom on the far corner has frustrations of her own because the stroller doesn't move through gravel well either, leaving her to ch...

 

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