We-Go-Swing®

Video features the inclusive wheelchair accessible We-Go-Swing.

[video: scene fades into a mother as she pushes her son’s wheelchair onto the We-Go-Swing. She turns her son’s wheelchair around and backs him up into the specially designs wheelchair location. She then lowers the two hand holds down into the swing position. The mother steps back and sits on the bench across from her son and lowers the bench hand holds down into the swing position. The boy and his mother begin to push and pull on the hand holds; they begin to swing. The camera switches to different views all around the We-Go-Swing as they swing.]

[video: three children join the young boy on the swing, two sitting on the bench while a girl standing in the middle. The boys mother helps the children swing by pushing on the back side of the bench seat. The camera focuses on the children as they smile and laugh while they swing together.]

[video: scene switches as a woman in a wheelchair joins the children on the We-Go-Swing. She sits in the middle of the deck holding onto the swing handles. They all push and pull to keep the swing moving. Camera switches a bird’s eye view of the We-Go-Swing. Scene switches again to the children swinging together as a mother pushes the swing from the outside. The camera focuses on the boy in his wheelchair. He smiles with joy as he swings with his friends.]

[video: a man wheels his wheelchair up to the We-Go-Swing. He positions his wheelchair into the swing’s wheelchair location. He lowers the hand holds and him and two girls begin swinging together. The camera focuses on how the mans wheelchair stays put while he swings. Camera switches to a focused view of the man’s hands as he pushes and pulls the swing hand holds. Scene pulls back to a full view of the We-Go-Swing as they continue to swing. The camera jumps to different views of the We-Go-Swing components.]

[video: the camera focuses on the bottom of the swing as it glides over the PebbleFlex surfacing. Camera pulls back to a full view of children swinging together. Scene switches to the camera across from a young girl seating in her wheelchair. Here and a young boy swing together on the We-Go-Swing. The camera focuses on the young girl as she smiles while swinging. Scene switches children swinging together on the We-Go-Swing. The scene switches to the camera across from the young boy seated in his wheelchair swinging. He speaks to the camera.]

Boy: I am five years old and I think this swing is amazing. I like to swing also because any wheelchair person can go on it and any person that doesn’t have a wheelchair can go on it. Yeah, and we can all play together.

[video ends.]

Video features the inclusive wheelchair accessible We-Go-Swing.

[video: scene fades into a woman seated in her wheelchair on the center platform of the We-Go-Swing. She begins to speak to the camera as white text in the lower right corner of the screen reads “Jill Moore Inclusive Play Specialist.”]

Jill: The usability of the We-Go-Swing it’s something pretty cool because its nothing I have seen before on the play space. I mean this is an experience where we get to role on this thing, turn around. And we get that feeling of choosing where we want to go and how we want to use it.

[video: Jill turns her wheelchair on the landing ramp leading to the main platform of the We-Go-Swing. She lifts the two-hand hold bars up so she can rotate and back her chair into the wheelchair safe zone.]

Jill: It’s pretty easy to pop these things up, spin around. Kind of get in our space.

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[video: the camera focuses on Jill’s wheels as they role smoothly into the curved belted backing of the We-Go-Swing.]

Jill: And then we can just be a part of play. Be a part of controlling the experience a little bit.

[video: Jill lowers the two hand hold bars in front of her and begins to push and pull, starting the accessible swing to begin swaying. After a few pumps Jill lifts the hand hold bars and roles out to the center platform of the swing.]

Jill: And get a sensation that we don’t really get to see a lot of at the play space.

[video: scene switches to Jill and another woman as they push and pull together across from each other to build momentum to swing the We-Go-Swing.]

Jill voiceover: This has never really been done before. So this is kind of uncharted territory.

[video: the camera focuses on the supporting component bars as they swing smoothly back and forth. Camera switches to a ground view of the base of the swing as it glides back and forth. Camera switches to a elevated view of Jill as she pushes and pulls the hand holds to swing.]

Jill voiceover: But this is also a pretty comfortable area for my chair.

[video: the camera focuses on Jill as she speaks to the camera while continuing to swing.]

Jill: I have not had breaks on my chair in a long time, so for me this feels pretty stable it feels pretty secure. But this is also great for a lot of different types of chairs.

[video: camera pulls back to a full view of the We-Go-Swing as a young boy and his mother swing together on the swing. Jill sits on the connection ramp just off of the moving platform of the swing watching them.]

Jill voiceover: We’ve got kids who use manual wheelchairs, kids who use their powered wheelchair. There’s space to fit, its comfortable, and it’s secure. We know were not going anywhere during the experience.

Video: camera switches to a full view of three children swinging on the We-Go-Swing together. The camera focuses in on a young girl seated in her chair as she grins excitedly while swinging on the We-Go-Swing.]

Jill voiceover: Often time we see similar swings that don’t necessarily meet standard. They don’t meet code.

[video: camera switches to a view across from a young girl in her chair on the We-Go-Swing. The girl pushes and pulls to keep the momentum going to continue swinging. Scene switches back to Jill on the We-Go-Swing as she continues to speak to the camera.]

Jill: So that have to be kind of be put in a pen of to the side. And while those are phenomenal experiences and great to be a part of, it’s a bit challenging because we’re not included. We don’t get to be on the play space we kind of become a spectacle. So, this is a really cool experience because it’s in it.

[video: camera pulls back to a full view of the We-Go-Swing surrounded by other play activities of the park. Families and children play on the We-Go-Swing and other swings in the background.]

Jill voiceover: It’s in the play it’s a part of everything else. We’re still part of the play space and it looks like something everyone would want to use. So, it doesn’t feel like its one of those things that were created for people with disabilities specifically. It’s something for everyone to use.]

[video: a young boy in his chair smiles and laughs as he swings together for three other children on the We-Go-Swing. Scene switches to a man in his chair as he swings with two young girls on the accessible swing. Camera switches to an overhead pan from right to left over the play spaces containing the We-Go-Swing and other playground activities. Camera switches back to Jill on the We-Go-Swing as she speaks to the camera.]

Jill: This solution offers an awesome opportunity for partnership, for participation, and for collaboration. And that’s honestly one of the best parts of play is being with other people.

Jill voiceover: That I can look at my friends, we can work together to make this thing go. To get the swinging motion to happen.]

[video: Jill sits in her chair in the center landing of the We-Go-Swing. A boy in his chair sits in the wheelchair accessible side of the swing as another boy and girl sit on the bench across from him. They all push and pull together to get the swing going. Scene switches to a boy as he stands in the middle of the We-Go-Swing, another girl sitting on the bench side of the swing and a girl in her pink wheelchair on the inclusive side. They smile and laugh together as they swing. The camera pulls back for a full view of the children swinging together on the We-Go-Swing.]

Jill voiceover: I think it’s really important especially in the world of disability that we feel like we get to contribute. That we’re not being just pushed around, that somethings not being done to us. That we get to be a part of play.

[video: camera focuses back on Jill on the We-Go-Swing.]

Jill: We get to imagine and control this thing as well.

[video: screen goes black with the Landscape Structure logo in the center of the screen. White text below the logo reads “For a better tomorrow we play today.”]