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Inspired by daughter, dad builds water park for people with disabilities

February 27, 2019 by Emma Watson

At Morgan’s Inspiration Island water park in San Antonio, visitors don’t have to face any wheelchair ramps at one of the park’s main attractions: The riverboat adventure.

Instead, the boats rise to meet them, so guests with disabilities can avoid the trouble that often accompanies those with special needs at amusement parks.
That’s the idea behind the world’s first ultra-accessible water park, creator Gordon Hartman said. The main goal: Inclusion for those with and without disabilities.

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