(comments by Abbie Drake, age 6)
I want to help all kids be able to play on playgrounds because the healthy kids get to play on the playgrounds and the ‘not healthy’ kids don’t, and that’s not fair.
It would be a happy feeling for a child in a wheelchair to swing for the very first time! Their smile would be so big! I would help push them in the swing.
The special needs kids are the same as me, but they have problems so they cannot do things that I can do. That makes them feel bad. When they feel bad, I feel ‘badder‘. I will help them raise money for kids in wheelchairs and on crutches. I will be their friend!
Question: Abbie this is a mighty big job to help with. It’s going to take a very long time and be lots of hard work. Will you just give up if it’s too hard?
We can do it if we ‘keep moving forward’ and keep trying to make the playground work- you don’t quit!
*Please note: “keep moving forward” is a famous Walt Disney quote that Abbie learned about in a movie she saw recently. I thought it may have been beyond her understanding.
I was wrong.
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