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According to Kaufer, Mika’s Playground will be dedicated to Mika Zimbalist, a boy who died just short of this 11th birthday. Born with cerebral palsy, Mika enjoyed going to the park, but found as he got older, his wheelchair and walker did not work there wood chips would get stuck in the wheels or block movement altogether. Also, standard climbing park equipment didn’t allow him to play on them and weren’t equipped to be safe for him. (Learn more in our earlier story here.) While all playgrounds in Edmonds are ADA compliant, many of them use wood chips as a fall surface because they are a cheap alternative to rubberized coating. Although the rubberized surface is expensive, it is a key part of what makes playgrounds inclusive, so that children and other community members can access the playground structures if they are in a wheelchair or walker.

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