All Ages & Abilities ACCESSIBLE PARK - Carrollton, GA

It's almost time for some S P A R K L E!!! This Saturday at 6:00pm! 💐👗👠👑

🎼⚾️"Take Me Out to the BALLGAME..." THIS SATURDAY at the Alternative Baseball PROS Game! *Come out with your support & CHEERS for the ball players with Autism & disABILITIES. Admission is free for those with a disability to attend!
https://www.alternativebaseball.org/
⚾️ABO AND PROS GAME! *TEMPLE HIGH SCHOOL, Temple (Carroll County), GA. - November 1, 2025 @11:00 am!
⚾️Participants in the event include former Atlanta Braves catcher Johnny Estrada, former Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Anthony Lerew, among others!
❤️🙏*Deepest condolences and prayers for Taylor Duncan, founder and CEO of ABO, with the recent passing of his father. Saturdays ABO & PROS Game is scheduled to proceed as planned.
Please lift Taylor & his family up in prayer during this difficult time.

Alternative Baseball Alternative Baseball™ provides those ages 15+ with autism and other special needs across America the opportunity to play authentic baseball for physical and social skills enrichment on and off the field.

🛝 | PHASE 1 ~ THE BASICS | 🦽
🛝 In January, 2025, the All Ages & Abilities ACCESSIBLE PARK - Carrollton, GA was divided into TWO PHASES, to enable breaking ground and beginning construction a lot faster.

🛝 PHASE 1 (the age 5-12 section) with the first shelter pavilion will be built first. The completion will be PHASE 2 (the age 2-5 section) with the second shelter pavilion.
I felt the need to make some minor changes to the initial design for the purpose of prioritizing more emphasis on accessibility and sensory needs. Nothing was sacrificed from the first draft in order for these changes to occur. The changes simply improved what was first incorporated, and it also reduced the budget. PLUS, several NEW play structures from Superior Recreational Products have been added!

These changes include the following:
🛝 More accessible structures were added.
🛝 An additional zipline...with a shade over the inclusive zipline.
🛝 An ALL-shaded swing bay with MORE accessible swings.
🛝 Additional shaded areas added to the playground.
🛝 The Accessible ramps are double width of 7'8" for access to be more accommodating for everyone.
🛝 There will be 5 separate "quiet/individual spaces".
🛝 There will even be a BUDDY BENCH with a sign!

📍🎼The Music Garden was removed from the original design.
This was done to keep the area in front of the existing restroom facility clear and in its original landscape. Instead, 6 different musical instruments were incorporated into various areas throughout the main play structure to create a multi-sensory and inclusive musical experience for all.
PHASE 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU1ShXY7zgo

Hobbs Farm Park, Ages 5-12 Play Area Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

|📰S H O U T O U T T I M E!🎙| THIS is BIG!! ⚾️
Many of you may already know Taylor C. Duncan, CEO/Founder of Alternative Baseball + Professional Speaker + Baseball Player!!! If you don't, now is your chance to get to know this AMAZING man and get informed about what he does! Trust me, you'll be glad you did! Taylor is a friend and such a nice guy who explodes with an infectious spirit of enthusiasm! He's a HUGE spreader of love and advocacy for the disability community!!!
Taylor's Story: https://www.alternativebaseball.org/founder
AND if you're a movie buff (like me🎥📽😁) OR you like Baseball, how about a FIELD OF DREAMS or some BULL DURHAM?... READ to the end for total AWESOMENESS!!! ...

*Source from news recently shared by Taylor:
The “Hollywood Tour” Goes the Distance
DALLAS, Ga. ~ Alternative Baseball Organization (ABO) announces its most ambitious venture yet into its movement to raise awareness and acceptance for those with disabilities through the World’s Pastime: The 2026 “Hollywood Tour”!
Thanks to your support, Alternative Baseball has crowdfunded the full amount required and will host its ABO AND PROS events at both the original Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina AND the Field of Dreams Movie Site in Dyersville, Iowa! The Field of Dreams event is scheduled for Tuesday, July 21, 2026, with a first pitch start time of 6pm CT; the first event Alternative Baseball has hosted under the lights since 2019. The event at the filming location for Bull Durham will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2026, with a time yet to be determined by Alternative Baseball and the Durham Bulls organization.

This unique baseball exhibition, the only one of its kind in the United States, features athletes with disabilities playing alongside former professional baseball players and community leaders in a traditional 9-inning baseball game. The tour serves to raise awareness and acceptance for the positive capabilities and working collaboration of those with disabilities.
***All the events are open to the public and are free for those throughout and beyond the disability and baseball community to attend! Follow this link for the 2025 TOUR INFO:
https://www.alternativebaseball.org/tour
You don't want to miss this one: ABO AND PROS, TEMPLE HIGH SCHOOL, Temple (Carroll County), GA. - November 1, 2025

⚾️⚾️WAIT...THERE'S M O R E! ...
After nine years of hard work, the first-ever over-the-fence home run in Alternative Baseball history was hit on June 7, 2025, by an athlete with a disability during a sanctioned event sponsored by the Atlanta Braves (link here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMmOZJJFTk

📣S H O U T O U T T I M E!!! *Sharing this from Carrollton Therapeutics: We have REALLY BIG news! Our Carrollton SNAPS Cheerleaders were nominated and have been selected to represent Special Olympics Georgia to compete in the USA Special Olympics 2026 in Minnesota!!! SOOOO HAPPY & EXCITED FOR THESE TALENTED & BEAUTIFUL GIRLS!!!! G O S N A P S❣️

🤝🫶 THANK YOU 3:16 Healthcare for your generous contribution to the All Ages & Abilities ACCESSIBLE PARK - Carrollton, GA!
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❓*Want to learn more about this amazing park project?... Call Connie@423-364-5595 | [email protected].

W O W !! 😮
HISTORY in brief of the ADA BILL of 1988 -
T H I S is how it went down:

It was 1977, with section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973) on the table, both administrations of Nixon and Ford did not move forward on implementing 504.
Partial section: "The ability to navigate without physical barriers in their communities".

On April 5, the disability community held demonstrations in Washington, DC and other US cities, protesting that 504 be signed. The determined protesters went to San Francisco and during that time, became the largest non-violent occupation of a federal bldg. in U.S. history! After a month, 504 was signed. However, the 504 victory would be short-lived.

In January 1982, section 504 programs were on the chopping block. 40,000 letters of those in support to "push" the bill forward arrived at the White House. Bush relented that section 504 was off-limits.

Fast forward 10 years later from the time that 504 was introduced...many of the regulations had yet to be enforced. Rightfully ANGRY activists took to the streets. Many chaining wheelchairs to buses and forming blockades in front of them.
In March of 1988, members of congress were confronted with a massive protest, 1 mile from the Capitol. Then the ADA Bill was finally introduced that same year. The bill never even made it to the floor. But it didn't matter. The main objective was that the bill was "introduced" in a profound way, because there was about to be a presidential campaign.

George H.W. Bush made a bold promise to the disability community to promote their inclusion. His uncle was also a Polio survivor. However, the stakes, interests, and consequences were high. With concern for the potential costs, scores of lobbyists were sent in to derail the bill. Once again, the legislation was in limbo.
Frustrated by the inaction, activists lead a crowd of over 500 protestors to the White House. At the base of the capitol, protestors parked their wheelchairs, dropped to the ground and started dragging themselves up the 83 marble steps while chanting "ACCESS NOW" and "ADA NOW". 🎥*SEE the video below of the actual footage.

Three months later...the bill was finally up for a vote. The most important Civil Rights Bill since 1965 was FINALLY APPROVED by a resounding vote of 91 to 6!

35 years ago, on July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.
In the words of legendary disabled advocate Anita Cameron, "Civil rights aren't given. You have to fight to get them and then fight to keep them."

"Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down. God Bless you all". George H.W. Bush