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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would give deference to disabled children on any accessible playground equipment, but in my experience this isn't a huge problem because the playgrounds we go to with accessible swings generally also have other accessible equipment. Like we go to a neighborhood playground that has 1 accessible swing, 1 toddler swing, and one of those hard hammock swings (that are just open on all sides and multiple kids can get in, so can be accessible depending on the child). It also has an accessible merry go round (flush to the ground with a safety bar for a wheelchair if needed) and the play structure has ramps in different sections. A lot of newer playgrounds are like this, where accessibility is integrated into lots of aspects of the structure, to encourage kids to be able to play together, rather than having separate facilities for other kids. My DD has a friend who needs accessible equipment (not in a wheelchair but with physical limitations) and this is always where we meet her family because the girls can play together more independently than other places. It's really nice.

One thing that is frustrating is when there are no non-toddler, non-accessible swings. I've been to several playgrounds like this. My kid likes the swings! She is too big for the toddler swing. At our neighborhood playground the girls can get on the hammock swing together and it's fine with parental supervision. But other places we've been there is no hammock swing. Sometimes there isn't even an accessible swing, just toddler swings. I get you can't have everything, but if there are swings at all, it would be nice if there was at least one swing for older kids.[/quote]

We have big kid and little kid swings at our park but they’re on opposite sides of the playground.  Clearly a park not designed by a parent with a two and four year old. [/quote]

That's so the toddler doesn't get kicked in the head by rowdy older kids.[/quote]

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