When building the specialised playground in Bangalore’s MN Krishna Rao Park, the approach was made wheelchair-accessible, and the area was equipped with a bell, a steering wheel, an abacus, textured tiles, and metal rods that produce a variety of tones when struck, providing activities for children with a variety of physical and mental disabilities. There are also wheelchair-friendly merry-go-rounds, tyre swings, and a Wheel-Thru Arcade—a low-mounted horizontal ladder—with pipes of different textures and widths. “Our aim was to provide multi-sensorial stimulation to all children,” Kavitha Krishnamoorthy said. In the Lede, Raksha Kumar reports on customised playgrounds that get disabled children out and active.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:28:55 +0000
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