Ira really wanted to go down the slide like my two other daughters did, but I just couldn’t get him onto the equipment
. “Come on, Mom, come on, you can do it.” Crying and frustrated, we went home. During a visit to an event
at Sportbedrijf Almelo suitable for ‘wheelchair users’, I (Marlinde) was approached by an Alderman from the municipality of Almelo to
contribute ideas regarding ‘Inclusive Playgrounds’ in Almelo. Since then, as a foundation, we have been collaborating with the municipality of Almelo to realize a total of 4
inclusive playgrounds! And it turns out that the municipality of Almelo is now realizing the first ‘inclusive playground’ precisely at the playground
where we had walked away frustrated and crying.