Synopsis: Mashhad Municipality, the second-largest city in Iran, provides playground equipment for disabled children in the city parks.
• The playground equipment is designed by local companies, and the municipality will definitely support these manufacturing companies that make playgrounds accessible and inclusive for all children.
• According to the Young Journalists Club, the Municipality has also provided the first playground for Autistic children in an area of 300 square meters in Mashhad.
Introduction
Disabled children can now enjoy accessible playground equipment in eight parks in Mashhad, the second-largest Iranian city.
Main Item
Mashhad's mayor, Seyed Abdullah Arjaei Shirazi, said:
"We would be able to equip all parks in Mashhad with these devices. This playground equipment is designed by knowledge-based local companies, and the municipality will definitely support these manufacturing and knowledge-based companies that make playgrounds accessible and inclusive for all children."
According to the Young Journalists Club, the Municipality has also provided the first playground for Autistic children in an area of 300 square meters in Mashhad.
Notably, Holy Mashhad is the capital of Khorasan Razavi province, northeastern Iran. The city is the burial place of Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha, the eighth imam in Twelver Shiʿism, and millions of Shias around the world travel annually to Mashhad.
Images of the Accessible Playground Equipment
Continued below image.Side view of yellow and red wheelchair accessible playground equipment.Continued...
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Continued below image.View of multiple accessible playing equipment in a park playground.Continued...
Continued below image.Accessible play equipment featuring a yellow arch with a red ball in the playground.Continued...
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Continued below image.Boy in a wheelchair turns a wheel that controls water flow in a water park play area.Continued...
Continued below image.Image depicts a yellow round wheelchair accessible piece of playground equipment.Continued...
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