A new water park in San Antonio is making sure kids with disabilities don’t miss out on the splashing fun this summer.
Morgan’s Inspiration Island is an extension of Morgan’s Wonderland, a theme park built to be inclusive for all its guests, including kids with disabilities. Like Wonderland, all parts of the Inspiration Island water park are wheelchair-accessible. Guests with special needs are also admitted at no cost.
Morgan’s Inspiration Island, a splash park, was designed with kids in disabilities in mind. ROBIN JERSTAD/JERSTAD PHOTOGRAPHICS
Morgan’s Wonderland and Inspiration Island are the creations of Gordon and Maggie Hartman, a couple whose daughter has physical and cognitive challenges.
“We decided to call it Morgan’s Inspiration Island because Morgan truly has been the catalyst for every project we’ve pursued to help the special-needs community,” Gordon said in a press release.
The team behind Morgan’s Inspiration Island received suggestions from water park professionals, doctors, parents and teachers. ROBIN JERSTAD/JERSTAD PHOTOGRAPHICS
Other features of the $17-million Morgan’s Inspiration Island, which opens Saturday, include waterproof RFID (radio-frequency identification) wristbands so parents can keep track of their kids, a seven-story lighthouse and a water play area called Rainbow Reef, which has water that can be warmed for guests with sensitivity to cold.
In a press release, Gordon said the team behind Inspiration Island consulted with water park professionals, doctors and experts in special education and special needs, as well as received input from local teachers, parents and caregivers.
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