Product Specifications
Requirements
Compatible to use with a wheel chair
Alternative control for disabled students to operate
Smooth and consistent motion while in use
Playground
Below are designs we wish to improve upon whether it has to do with wheelchair compatibility, to sutdent independance
Merry-Go-Round
Advantages:
Circular Motion
Benches allow for teachers to ride alongside the students
Disadvantages:
Teachers have to manually spin for use
Wheelchairs cannot lock in place while in use
Potential Improvements:
Adaptive control for students to operate
Locking mechanism to fit and secure standardized wheelchair wheel bases
Seating for kids to be taken out of wheel chair and strapped in
Specifications:
Minimum of 1 student able to operate while in use.
Passive mechanism to lock in wheel chair bases.
Mechanization to operate merry go round without physical exertion.
Adaptive control for students with limited motor control to operate.
See-Saw
Advantages:
Fits wheel chairs
Vertical motion
Allows for teachers to sit opposite of students
Disadvantages:
Students cannot control the motion
teachers have to make it bounce
Potential Improvements:
Allow for students to control the motion
Musical Garden
Grand Floor Piano
Advantages:
Chromatic
Vandal resistant
Visually exciting
ADA accessible
Suitable for inclusive playgrounds
Can perform in all environments
Disadvantages:
Expensive
Not student controlled
collisions
Potential Improvements:
Allow student to activate sound
Make sound activation more inclusive