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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2018-07-11 | 20 | COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday July 11, 2018 6:30 p.m. work with us more, and I think this would be a great time to do that. The other thing is I got an email from Amy Wooldridge, who is head of the Parks and Rec today, and she had been meeting with the people of Kiwanis, and they are looking at starting a new branch that focuses more on people with disabilities. And then wanting to see if somebody from the Commission wanted to be part of that with them. So this might be a good opportunity. Susan Deutsch: Oh, wow. Yes, great. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. So, yes I love that. And then I think I just misheard you, and maybe it's because I'm going to so many playgrounds myself right now. Where you talked about the playground and being inclusive. Did you say it was inclusive for the caregivers as well? Or like accessible for caregivers as well? Susan Deutsch: Yes. Chair Beth Kenny: Because I find that is a problem I'm coming across in some of these playgrounds. Susan Deutsch: Yes, I mean not every aspect. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. Susan Deutsch: I've been playing with my grandson, and he wants to play hide-and-seek with me, right, so I'm trying to crawl into these little spaces. So, no, you can't do that. You definitely, as a grandparent with a walker, or a wheelchair, or somebody with a disability could definitely go to a playground like this with their kids. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes. Wonderful. And then, the other thing, that specialized swing that you showed us, is that a wheelchair swing? Susan Deutsch: No. They didn't have a wheelchair swing, and that is something I think they should have. Chair Beth Kenny: Yes, I was at the Alameda Makers Fair this weekend, and there was a woman there who was showing some adaptive sports equipment that she had been making. She works for San Leandro, doing PE for them, and she had said that she really wanted to see a wheelchair swing in Alameda. So, I would love to see that. Susan Deutsch: Yes, I would, too. At one point, when I first started working in the Berkeley Unified School District, there was one wheelchair swing for this one student, the parent fought for it and got it, but then the playground was redone, the student wasn't there, there was no other student in that school with a disability, with a disability that required a wheelchair, so it came down. But that was It would be nice to have one with a wheelchair. Chair Beth Kenny: And, my final question is how do you see the best way, going forward, towards 09/12/18 Page 20 of 29 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2018-07-11.pdf |