in and we were having fun, just splashing around in the water. there were three other kids at the other end of the pool, two of them were throwing a ball back and forth. she wasn t able to verbally communicate and say, hey, i want to play, can ijoin in with you guys? so she hit the ball. so they quickly grabbed the ball and got out of the pool because it wasn t a normal way of saying, hey, i want to play. and the look on morgan s face was, dad, i don t understand, ijust wanted to play. and it bothered me because ijust wanted my daughter to be able to play. so where would we go? we couldn t take her to a water park because of certain circumstances of hers, and talking to others, we found the same situation. so how do we develop a place where those who have special needs and those who don t can all come together and play in a fully inclusive environment? and it was those discussions, those chit chats, those meetings, eventually turned into what we now have here today at morgan s wonderla
and the look on morgan s face was, dad, i don t understand ijust wanted to play . and it saddened me because i just wanted my daughter to be able to play. so where could we go? we couldn t take her to a lot of parks because of certain circumstances of hers, and talking to others, we found the same situation. so how do we develop a place where those who have special needs and those who don t can all come together and play in a fully inclusive environment? and it was those discussions, those chit chats, those meetings, they turned into what we now have here today at morgan s wonderland. that is so amazing. and since then, people from all over the united states and literally all over the world make special trips to come here. in an environment that is just different than any other environment in the world.
around in the water. there were three other kids at the other end of the pool, two of them were throwing a ball back and forth. she wasn t able to verbally communicate and say, hey, i want to play, can ijoin in with you guys? so she hit the ball. so they quickly grabbed the ball and got out of the pool because it wasn t a normal way of saying, hey, i want to play. and the look on morgan s face was, dad, i don t understand, ijust wanted to play. and it bothered me because i just wanted my daughter to be able to play. so where would we go? we couldn t take her to a water park because of certain circumstances of hers, and talking to others, we found the same situation. so how do we develop a place where those who have special needs and those who don t can all come together and play in a fully inclusive environment? and it was those discussions, those chit chats, those meetings, eventually turned into what we now have here today at morgan s wonderland. that is so amazing. and since then, p
alex is in his happy place because he loves trains so much. we will probably ride the train at least five times today. so tell us more about the park and how you came to build morgan s wonderland. well, actually, it occurred many years ago when maggie, my wife, morgan and i were on a trip. and morgan wanted to go swimming. morgan and ijumped in and we were having fun, just splashing around in the water. there were three other kids at the other end of the pool, two of them were throwing a ball back and forth. she wasn t able to verbally communicate and say, hey, i want to play, can ijoin in with you guys? so she hit the ball. so they quickly grabbed the ball and got out of the pool because it wasn t a normal way of saying, hey, i want to play . and the look on morgan s face
can ijoin in with you guys? so she hit the ball. so they quickly grabbed the ball and got out of the pool because it wasn t a normal way of saying, hey, i want to play. and the look on morgan s face was, dad, i don t understand, ijust wanted to play. and it bothered me because i just wanted my daughter to be able to play. so where would we go? we couldn t take her to a water park because of certain circumstances of hers, and talking to others, we found the same situation. so how do we develop a place where those who have special needs and those who don t can all come together and play in a fully inclusive environment? and it was those discussions, those chit chats, those meetings, eventually turned into what we now have here today at morgan s wonderland. that is so amazing. and since then, people from all over the united states and literally all over the world make special trips to come here.