In 1995 she and five other parents, who are raising
children with disabilities, recognized the importance of
play as a learning experience for their children.
Determined to create a place where children of all
abilities were welcome to play together they established
the Center for Creative Play Click here to learn more
about the Center for Creative Play, as well as see
pictures.
Mara has experience in taking start-up organizations to
ones with national recognition, designing playgrounds
and indoor playspaces using universal design principles,
writing grants, training staff, operating playspaces,
and..designing and implementing programs.
Mara has an elementary education degree and a minor
in gifted education from Indiana University in
Bloomington, IN. She received her MBA, with a
concentration in nonprofit management, from Boston
University.
Watch a video to learn what it is like to have a child with
a disability
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Mara Kaplan is the driving force behind Let Kids Play! and an expert in toys
and play spaces for children with special needs
She is a mom with a son who is profoundly disabled.
She founded and operated a playspace for children with and without
disabilities for 13 years.
Meet Mara
Let Kids Play!