A special playground for severely disabled children is to be created in Anzac Park.
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The highlights will be a swing for people in wheelchairs. Known as a Liberty Swing, it has a ramp up which the chair can be pushed and the swing loaded safely.
There will also be a wheelchair merry-go-round.
The site was inspected by Adam Marshall MP, Mayor Steve Toms and the council’s manager for recreation and open spaces, Graham Archibald, along with the family of Logan Maybon who is five years old but has a mental development equivalent to four to six months.
He has Phelan McDermid Syndrome, sometimes called 22q13 deletion syndrome. The symptoms include poor muscles, poor motor control, seizures and epilepsy, feeding problems, heart, liver and kidney problems, delayed or absent speech and behavioural issues.
Logan’s mother, Rochelle, said Logan had Phelan McDermid Syndrome, an extremely rare condition which severely restricts his mental development. She said: “To bring this equipment here means that everyone can use the park.
To bring this equipment here means that everyone can use the park. It will give him a sense of inclusivity instead of always being on the outside.
- Rochelle
“It will give him a sense of inclusivity instead of always being on the outside.”
The cost of the upgrade of the park will be $70,000, with a $13845 grant from the NSW government.
Mr Archibald said there wasn’t one playground in Glen Innes for children with disability.