\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA new playground designed for those with special needs is now open at The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh.The playground in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood is fully accessible for all abilities, and is available for people ages 2 to 21 who are enrolled in the institute’s programs.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube ChannelThe space also features stepping stones, a rock-climbing structure and a walking track.”Some of the equipment seems a little bit broader or bigger so that you can fit a wheelchair. Also, it is a safe environment for children \u2014 for example, children on the spectrum that have autism diagnosis and others. So this space and the entire playground has been really designed thinking specifically about the needs of children with special needs,” said Dr. Johanna Vidal-Phelan, president and CEO of The Children’s Institute.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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A new playground designed for those with special needs is now open at The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
The playground in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood is fully accessible for all abilities, and is available for people ages 2 to 21 who are enrolled in the institute’s programs.<\/p>\n
Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n The space also features stepping stones, a rock-climbing structure and a walking track.<\/p>\n “Some of the equipment seems a little bit broader or bigger so that you can fit a wheelchair. Also, it is a safe environment for children \u2014 for example, children on the spectrum that have autism diagnosis and others. So this space and the entire playground has been really designed thinking specifically about the needs of children with special needs,” said Dr. Johanna Vidal-Phelan, president and CEO of The Children’s Institute.<\/p>\n Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new playground designed for those with special needs is now open at The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh.The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[94122,94124,112,5855,734,3798,94125,21725,48538,2092,73,75,74,874,94126,94123,54404,5748,62822],"class_list":["post-214810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-accessible-playground","tag-autism-diagnosis","tag-ceo","tag-child","tag-children","tag-download","tag-dr-johanna-vidal-phelan","tag-example","tag-institute","tag-more-news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-president","tag-safe-environment","tag-special-need","tag-special-needs","tag-squirrel-hill","tag-the-childrens-institute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}