As a child, I remember coming out of school and heading with my friends to the playground.

It was the highlight of my week as a 7-year-old, but due to my disabilities not presenting too much of an issue at that time, I did not put any thought into what wasn’t available to me.

I just knew that the monkey bars were a no-go due to the strain on my shoulders, and the roundabout made me dizzy even at a slow speed.

I preferred squeezing into the safety of the baby swing where I had a bar to hold on to, compared to my friends who loved swinging high on their full-sized swings.

Even as my disability progressed and I became a wheelchair user, I didn’t think too much about playgrounds, as it wasn’t somewhere I frequented.

That was until a park I knew of was applying for funding and put a shout-out on a Facebook page asking people to write in a letter of support.

It was then I asked myself, I wonder what equipment was going to be put in for children with........

© Eastern Daily Press