Let’s Play – Sport Wheelchairs for Kids
Young kids with disabilities are often overlooked when it comes to play, recreation and physical education. The Rick Hansen Foundation recently managed a Let’s Play project that brought accessible playgrounds to communities throughout the province of British Columbia. Now, they are managing, in collaboration with BC Wheelchair Basketball Society, another great offering for kids with disabilities!
The latest Let’s Play project will provide kids under 7 with sport wheelchairs, accessible facilities to play in and guidance for facilitators to deliver programs to these kids. My role is to make sure kids throughout the province have an opportunity to apply for these chairs and facilities and programs are in place once they have access to them.
This program is targeted at kids under 7 who are able to independently use a manual wheelchair to participate in physical activity. If you are intersted (parents of kids with disabilities or organizations that provide services to kids in this target group) please contact me at mike @ everyone included (dot) com.