What , Who, and Why we Are

Rockin Roller Roney's Park

As our name implies, a disabled member of my family inspired the title.  My grand-mother's sister was pulled from my great-grandmother with forceps too roughly and her spine was injured.  She had many of the symptoms of Down's Syndrome and was shunned by my great-grandmother, schoolmates, boys her age and many others in the small Minnesota town she grew up in during the nineteen-thirties and forties.  Many Children are finally attending normal classes due to what is called the "least restrictive environment," a movement which began with Congress enacting the "Education for all Handicapped Children Act" in 1975 and amended in 1997 as the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act." http://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/history.html .  
Ed.gov, The U.S. Department of Education has seen success story one after another due to IDEA, and the least restrictive environment" for children with many types of disabilities.  A brief explanation of IDEA is that all children will attend normal classrooms, and will integrate with their classmates on a regular basis.  Teachers are given special traingin on multiple intelligences, how to teach multiple levels of development simultaneously, and an aid often attends severely handicapped children.  Rockin Roney's is not only open to those with disabilities.  Anyone may attend the park and enjoy its facilities.
Roney's park includes roller coasters, pools, cable swinging and bungi jumping all reinforced with the newest devices for protection of our guests.  All staff is required to pass a test designed by AOTA before working with our guests.  Food is made at "Ya' got it" shops and umbrella stands, where their is specialty food and fine motor control utensils the injured and disabled may use as they are transitioning back into normal life.  There is a "Chef's Pavilion" created on one side for children and the other for adults, for disabled and injured persons and perform 'occupational activities.'
Their are 30 full time physicians working at the park in case of emergency as well as 100 RNs and LVNs.  We have included the Work It Out Center which includes both group game therapy and one-on-one talking time therapy.  Work it out also includes super colorful and interactive OT and PT games and work out equipment for toddlers through adults.  Occupational Assistants and Physical Therapy Assistants have been trained and are under advisement of several OT's and PT's.