A youngsters’s party, lulled into close to silence by the distribution of cake, sat eating on the concrete steps of a stone amphitheater. A series of small fountains plashed beneath them, dampening the stairs that led all the way down to the base of the shallow bowl, crossed at regular intervals by a boy on a scooter, tracing and re-tracing an oblong path of his own devising. Children with disabilities often can’t play on a regular playground and therefore can not reap the benefits of the amazing advantages that play offers.
The School eight group, in Paterson, NJ, labored collectively …
