Aidan's Place at Westwood Recreation Center

“Never been to a playground that truly lived up to its vision of being inclusive to all! And so wheelchair accessible and multiple sensory inputs for a playground HIGHLY recommend”

“The best park in LA fun open space no gates but nice vey nice Really sad the homeless are taking over 😞”

“Aidan James Gaffney was born on December 5, 1995. He was a bright eyed, courageous, sensitive and beautiful boy that was born with a progressive disease that left him ventilator dependant and wheelchair bound. In a wheelchair for five and one half years, Aidan taught us what it was like to be physically disabled in this world. One of his favorite activities was watching his siblings play at local playgrounds on the West Side of Los Angeles. Denied the opportunity to play himself because of poor accessibility, Aidan inspired us to build this playground so children of all abilities could play in their neighborhood parks. It is our hope that with increasing awareness of this need and adequate public funding, all future public playgrounds built throughout America will be designed to serve the needs of every child in the community. Aidan died on June 26, 2001 and never lived to see the opening of this great playground.”