A mom’s mission to build a playground where both her daughters can thrive becomes a global movement to design inclusive spaces where everyone can play, connect, and belong.
About Magical Bridge: Kind by Design
How would you feel if you arrived at a playground and realized it wasn’t designed with your family in mind? Maybe one of your children has a disability or you are a parent that uses a wheelchair? This is a reality families around the world face daily. While typical playgrounds are compliant to law, most do not consider the neurodiverse and physical needs 1 in every 4 of us live with today.
Inspired by two daughters, one with and one without a disability, Olenka Villarreal discovered today’s “inclusive” and “accessible” playgrounds are still remarkably unwelcoming to too many. She set out to create a new kind of playground designed for all ages and abilities—one that promotes acceptance and kindness in an increasingly isolating world. Magical Bridge: Kind By Design shares how one mom’s mission has grown into a global movement to design truly inclusive spaces that unite community, improve health and wellbeing, and foster kindness, empathy, and belonging. When a playground is often a child’s first outdoor classroom, shouldn’t it be a most welcoming place to us all?
About the Organization
Magical Bridge Foundation creates innovative and internationally-recognized playgrounds, parks, and programs for more inclusive communities. Their multigenerational spaces are thoughtfully designed to ensure guests of all ages and all abilities experience the many benefits of play, community connections, and belonging.
Through advocacy and programs both on and off the playground, Magical Bridge promotes kindness and ignites vital multigenerational connections.
