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At a Philly public school, blind children finally have a fantastic place to play

“When it opened, they just ran. This just takes away barriers of exclusion. It’s inclusive, and that’s so great.”

Samya Demercado, 7, a second grader at Overbrook Education Center, plays on the monkey bars on the new playground. The Philadelphia School District elementary school, which educates the city's blind and visually impaired children as well as regular education students, had no playground until this year.
Samya Demercado, 7, a second grader at Overbrook Education Center, plays on the monkey bars on the new playground. The Philadelphia School District elementary school, which educates the city's blind and visually impaired children as well as regular education students, had no playground until this year.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer