Construction Begins On Nation's Largest Park For Disabled Children

In California, a huge team of volunteers is building the nation's largest playground for disabled children, equipped with slides and ramps wide enough for wheelchairs, rubber ground padding, and textured play surfaces for blind children.

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April 30, 2007, 7:00 AM PDT

By Nate Berg


"The park includes a tree house accessible to wheelchairs via a long, curving ramp, as well as textured slides for blind kids and a colossal rocking boat for kids in wheelchairs to roll freely."

"The ramps and pathways are wide enough for two wheelchairs to pass. It includes metal, in addition to plastic, slides so kids with plastic ear implants can ride without static electricity damaging their implants."

"The entire 12,000-square-foot area will be surfaced with rubber, rather than bark or sand, so wheelchairs and walkers can get around easily. It also includes wide open spaces for kids in wheelchairs to play ball safely."

"The price tag not counting the land: $750,000, about half a million more than a regular playground."

Saturday, April 28, 2007 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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