Wheelchair playground

Aww, cripes. I didn't know I'd have to write a description. How many words is that so far, like a hundred? Soooo, yeah. Mildly interesting stuff....

Olenka Steciw Villarreal and Jill Hoffspiegel Asher, the forces behind Magical Bridge, see "all-abilities" playgrounds not as islands, but as clarion calls in a movement for valuing all members of a community equally.

Instead of mindlessly chasing profits, some companies and entrepreneurs develop their products focusing on people with disabilities. They create swings for wheelchair users, versions of paintings that even the blind can enjoy, and their work is making the world a better place.

The steel rollers on the Roller Table provide sensory stimulation.

Accessible Wheelchair See Saw - Universal Design Style

Designed for wheelchair users, the Rolli trampoline has sloping edge panels to enable the surface level trampoline to be accessed safely and easily. An accompanying person can stand in direct contact with the wheelchair user if required: flexible trampoline surface can be ground level; allows gentle rocking and suspension; compact footprint; easy

How do Canadian children with disabilities and their families experience playgrounds? What about adjacent areas such as parking lots and pathways? How can educators and rehabilitation specialists use playground spaces? These are some of the topics explored by Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, an associate professor studying disability and physical activity in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE).

In collaboration with Unilever, we developed a swing prototype for one of its brands: Helados Holanda, this project represented a challenge for us, so we started an investigation based on a series of surveys carried out with children with disabilities, to find out their desires and their...