Pohang City Creates Barrier-Free 'Integrated Playground' Next to Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled

Panoramic View of the Integrated Playground

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Pohang City announced on the 7th that it has created an inclusive playground near the Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled where children with disabilities and non-disabled children can play together.

The "Barrier-Free Inclusive Playground," established as a follow-up measure to the revision of the "Ordinance on the Management of Children's Parks and Playgrounds" in February last year, is a socially inclusive playground without physical barriers such as curbs, stairs, or narrow paths that hinder walking, allowing everyone to enjoy the playground without discrimination.

The 300㎡ barrier-free inclusive playground's combined play structure features ramps accessible by wheelchair instead of curbs and stairs. Various facilities such as a rotating stage, a lying seesaw, basket swings, and trampolines have been installed to ensure that socially vulnerable users do not experience inconvenience while using the play equipment, enabling children with disabilities and non-disabled children to enjoy the playground together.

Choi Chang-ho, head of the Parks Department of Pohang City, said, "In addition to the inclusive playground, we will do our best to fill Pohang City's parks with various contents that all citizens, including children and the elderly, can enjoy and relax in, through projects such as the creation of the Ocheon Water Playground and the refurbishment of the Mobile 2 Children's Park."

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