Outsunny Folding Garden Kneeler / Kneeling Bench Chair

This garden kneeler is perfect for those with a variety of disabilities, but especially those with problems in the knees or back. The seat area can actually be used as a seat or as a kneeler  cushion and the arm supports make it even more convenient and accessible. This handy device is lightweight and designed specifically for relieving pressure from the back and knees. This item can be purchased at many home improvement and gardening centers at a relatively affordable price.

OXO Good Grips Gardening Bulber

Planting bulbs can often be time-consuming, as well as take great digging efforts, which can sometimes strain the hands. Using this bulb planter can save the hands some work, as well as save time by eliminating several steps from the planting process. Simply place the bulb planter into the soil and twist to remove the soil. Place the bulb in the empty spot and use the bulb planter to release and replace the soil. Those with arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome or other conditions of the hand will appreciate this device greatly. The Good Grips Quick-Release Bulb Planter can be found at a variety of gardening Web sites and is very cost-effective.

Backyard Inventors SN18 Snake Rake

This rake is excellent for anyone who uses a wheelchair or those with back injuries. The handle is adjustable and bends down to accommodate for various positions. The pivoting of the handle makes raking simple from many different positions and angles. With this handy garden and yard tool, doing yard work will be more convenient. To purchase this handy rake, simply visit a home improvement or garden center near you or purchase one from their Web site.

Gardena 3745 Combisystem 59-Inch Aluminum Garden Tool Handle

With an ergonomic design, as well as the ability to attach to most hand tools used in the garden, this tool will ease back pain associated with some of the tasks of gardening. For those with injured back or conditions affecting the back, this ergonomic gardening tool will come in handy. This back-saving handle can be found at many home and garden retailers, including online locations.

Easi Grip Garden Tools Set of 3

These are designed for those who may have a hard time gripping standard gardening tools. Easi Grip’s lightweight but sturdy tools are equipped with an ergonomic design that that should help prevent wrist and hand injury. The Easi Grip Garden Tools will make gardening a more accessible task for those with weakened muscles in the arms or hands or with other hand conditions, such as arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome. These can be found at many garden and home improvement centers both online and in physical locations.

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It is practically every kid's dream to own, or at least play in, a treehouse. Unfortunately, for many kids with a disability, that dream may not come true. The Treehouse Guys (formerly known as Forever Young) want to help change that fact about treehouses. The organization's goal is to have universally accessible treehouses for kids with a wheelchair or disability in all 50 states.

Accessible treehouses are much like traditional treehouses. There are some differences to make them easier to access for kids with disabilities. However, the main concept is still the same. An accessible treehouse is still a playhouse for kids that is built around or inside of a tree or trees. It just has the added benefit of being accessible to a wheelchair, as well as to kids with a variety of disabilities.

Children in wheelchairs, with a variety of disabilities, as well as those without disabilities, can access these treehouses. Some traditional treehouses require entry through climbing a rope or ladder. Treehouses by The Treehouse Guys instead have a wheelchair accessible ramp. In fact, the entire treehouse can be navigated with a wheelchair.

The Treehouse Guys treehouses are universally accessible, which is great news for kids with disabilities who may or may not require a wheelchair. The treehouses are also only built in trees examined by an arboreal specialist to ensure they are of quality. They have to be able to support the treehouse, as well as kids and wheelchairs. As the company stated (when branded as Forever Young), "A good treehouse is only as good as the trees that they are built in."

Anyone can get a wheelchair accessible treehouse built. If money is an issue, The Treehouse Guys will do all they can to help those in need get a universally accessible treehouse. Sometimes that includes helping the recipients plan fundraising, which can come from many sources and be done in a variety of ways.

"I'm glad that the kids in wheelchairs can actually get into a treehouse, because now they don't feel so left out," says Delaney Sekinger, the sister of a boy with cerebral palsy.

Then, there is Sara Reiser who simply states "I never been to a treehouse in all my life. I never had a tree house to go to," which is what many kids may feel like, especially those in a wheelchair or with a disability. Even if they have been around treehouses, it is likely they were not accessible to kids with disabilities.

That is why universally accessible treehouses are so important for kids. Not only can they provide an amazing opportunity for kids with disabilities, but they can also help bring together a community. Kids with and without a wheelchair or disability can play together in the treehouse.

Jennifer Williams, who is a teacher, said in regards to the accessible treehouse in Virginia, " I think it's important that they get to experience what all other kids get to experience, that they are part of what every other kid could get to see, touch and feel. I think they enjoy doing what their peers will be able to do."

Sources:
The Treehouse Guys/Forever Young
WGNTV.com "Everybody's Tree House"
NBC 29 "Wheelchair Accessible Treehouse" by Ken Slack

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