Accessible playground honors late activist Casey Rohrer
by Laura Garber Limitations never occurred to Casey Rohrer. Bound by a wheelchair and reliant on an eye-gazing communication device, Rohrer, the late playwright and accessibility activist, accomplished notable changes to his community. His dedication to doing so was evident in the accessibility playground at South Park. The nature-inspired playground, located on Valley Drive, features a winding accessible pathway that weaves among concrete slides and braided rope obstacle courses. “All kids can play together now,” Rohrer said at the South Park ribbon cutting in 2016, using his Tobii C12, the eye-gazing communication device. To the audience’s amusement, Rohrer humorously unrolled a length of toilet paper when he mentioned his extensive list of thank yous. South Park Moms; Arcadia Berjonneau Keane, Beth Rohrer, and Jessica Guheen (not pictured Camine Herbert) who raised funds to build South Park which opened in 2016. Rohrer passed away at the age of 20 due to complications from cerebral palsy in 2023. But not without leaving his impact. On Monday Nov. 24, South Park was officially renamed the Casey Rohrer Accessibility Park in honor of Rohrer’s commitment to accessibility throughout…
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