<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Ideas for Making Skateparks Better for Everybody</span></span></strong></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Many people also mentioned that their local skateparks could be improved with more mellow features/obstacles for beginners and older skaters.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In addition, some respondents noted a lack of understanding among many skatepark users. One respondent noted a “poor broad social awareness of neurodiversity. Some of my participants struggle to quickly grasp the flow of a skatepark or social cues and context.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>We loved this idea in one vision of a perfect skatepark: “Miniature replica of the park for the visually impared to get a feel of the park layout. Bonus – it could be used for fingerboarding.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>For people with visual impairment, the size and placement of an obstacle is also important. Wider and longer elements are helpful for orientation. One blind skateboarder said that “</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>for me it is hard to ride skateparks with too much distance between the obstacles or too open bowls because I get lost.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
