Their Mission Statement: To promote a safe, clean and FREE park, where the inclusive play equipment is accessible to ALL children, ALL ages of ALL abilities.
The park was originally designed because a mother of an adult with autism did not have an interactive park where her child could play and swing and slide. She talked with other mothers with children with disabilities and discovered the city did not have a park where children in wheelchairs had the same opportunities to swing and play as other children. Thus A Park Above was born. It is an amazing park filled with large arm chair and wheelchair swings, large 4 person teeter totters, wide slides large enough for adults and even an area sponsored by Intel full of musical toys.
The hills are covered in a spongy, astro-turf material perfect for sliding. The friction makes it more like a slippery slope rather then a hill. Children were rolling down it and even pushing each other down, it looked like a snow sled hill minus the snow all kids friction less and slipping down with ease. The laughter was infectious. It is on the other side of Albuquerque but we made the trek because it was intriguing to me. What an amazing idea and I had to see the "Science" behind it. As I have said in previous posts I have science in my blood and I love discovering the science in everything.
It was a cold, brisk winter solstice but even in the dark, children and adults alike were frolicking and laughing and the joy emanated from the park. A truly awesome experience. We plan on going back next week during the afternoon for a picnic.
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