BRUCE ASATO / DEC. 2018
Kasen Isa, 9, and his friend Sam Humber, 7, get a running start to try to get their kites airborne but the light winds prevented a successful flight during a play date at Ala Moana Regional Park.
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It’s more than a little disingenuous for Honolulu’s deputy managing director, Georgette Deemer, to posit that the most important part of the playground proposal for Ala Moana Regional Park was its inclusion of children with disabilities (“All comments heard on Ala Moana park,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, March 26).
Making the proposed playground design for children with disabilities was not a choice; it is the law. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and its amendments over the years have ensured that every public area must be designed and built to follow those laws.
Since she brought it up, maybe it’s time for the city to take a real look at its ADA park facilities islandwide and see just how well they are functioning for children. Isn’t that what playgrounds are all about?
Perhaps she should consider that in order to be truly inclusive, you need to be less exclusive. For once, listen to the people who actually use this park. They and their families come from all over the island; they are whom you are working for. Remember?
Andrea W. Bell
Kailua
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