Playground Magazine
Winter 2011-2012
Volume 11 Issue 4

Features

8 Playground Accessible Routes And Synthetic Surfaces

The 2010 ADA Standard For Accessible Design should not have caught those in the playground industry by surprise. Playground owners need to understand how to meet the requirements for compliance. Here’s how. By Rolf Huber

10 Whirl Project Making Big Strides In Ghana

A year after two prototype Playworld Systems “whirls” were installed in Ghana, the Empower Playgrounds project of providing electricity so that children can do their homework is going anywhere but in circles. By Lane Lindstrom

12 Research To Reality: What The Playground Owner Can Learn From New Research

This research has to do with the accessibility of playground surfaces and here are the findings. By Jennifer Skulski

16 Programming And Playground In Dothan, AL

This unique playground in Dothan, AL, is bringing inclusive play to the area. By Jack Klobucar

20 New ASTM F1487-11 Standard Released

Here is information about the new ASTM Standard with regard to swings. By Kenneth Kutska

Departments

5 Calendar Of Events

6 Play On By Lane Lindstrom

22 Advertiser Index

24 News & Notes

29 CPSI Corner

-Accessibility Requirements Of Playgrounds

-Playground Surfacing Hazards

-CPSI Course Schedule

Cover: Something as simple as a merry-go-round can bring lots of happiness to children, especially in Ghana where there are few options for play on modern equipment. In the case of this merry-go-round or “whirl,” while the children are spinning it around, it’s storing that energy in a battery that will be used later to power lights so the children can study. Photo by Chris Owen www.empowerplaygrounds.org