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A Place Where Everyone Can Play

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Texas has done a great job responding to NPR’s call for an accessible playground database, but there are still play areas missing. So that's where you come in!

If you know of a playground that’s wheelchair friendly or designed with certain sensory considerations, check the list yourself. If it’s not there, you can add it.

Here's a link to the catalouge; it's searchable by zipcode. When NPR asked for submissions, Texas was the second most responsive state, falling behind only Ohio.

Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to KERA in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.