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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 15 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. individuals. But it was just a real community effort, and that also really struck me as something really good that a community could come together and do something like this. Susan Deutsch: And this is just an overview of it from up above, but it doesn't really show the whole playground. It's actually a very large playground, and there's a whole grassy area off to the side where kids can run around and kick a soccer ball. And there's an area with picnic benches and So, there's a lot more there but it's just an overview. My husband got very excited, so I'm including some of his videos. [Video Voiceover] Robert Deutsch: This is Tatum Gardens in Salinas, California. This is the most incredible playground for children of all ages, families, disabled, you name it. This is so unique, so interesting. It's themed to be the farm and the land and gardening and fruits and vegetables and how we eat, how food reaches our tables and all over there are themes, and all the spices and beans and herbs. Susan Deutsch: So you could see, it's a farm theme and you could also see in that video, there were bricks, the bricks over there. Those have people's names on them, the donations that they made. Susan Deutsch: Yes. So this is just showing the surface of this playground is a foam surface, if you fall on it, you won't get hurt. My grandson has fallen many times and he's always surprised that he's not crying. And also it's colored. So, I think that's a good thing too, that there's different colors in different parts of the playground so that you could really see the contrast on how to get from place to place. Susan Deutsch: And this is showing the structures and there are ramps that go everywhere. So a person in a wheelchair can get on to these wooden structures. There's tunnels that kids can crawl through and this surface doesn't splinter and that's another good thing. So I'm not sure what it is, maybe it's not real wood. But that's another good thing, about how they created it. And so, here's a child in the wheelchair, using the ramp and that might be Tatum, I'm just not sure because that looks like her mother following her. Susan Deutsch: So you could see that kids in wheelchairs can really get around on this climbing area. There's also an area where kids can just explore things cognitively and visually. So these are gears that kids can just spin and watch these gears move. It's just one example of some of the things they had, they had some other kinds of things that kids could explore cognitively and visually and sensory-wise, and this is a pretty popular place for kids to go, especially the younger ones. And so, here's another. [Video Voiceover] Robert Deutsch: Strawberries. This area, lot of strawberries are grown. Some little houses with themes, again mostly things from the land, little houses to go in, inside the houses, interesting items. The sun, little wheels to spin. Susan Deutsch: So there are a lot of little homes, little structures like that, that kids can go into and I think that is really important for some kids with disability. Here's another one, it's a farm stand. But there are kids that get over-stimulated at a playground. And actually, when I was there, I saw a 09/12/18 Page 15 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |