Back in 2010, homebuilder Gordon Hartman was despondent that no other children would play with his daughter Morgan at a hotel pool.
It was at that time that Morgan, who suffers from severe cognitive delays, inspired Gordon to build Morgan's Wonderland, the world's first theme park specifically for people with special needs.
The park is spread out over 25 acres, and features 25 attractions including a Ferris wheel, a deluxe carousel, an 8-acre fishing lake stocked with bass and catfish, and a sensory play center.
Hartman told Texas Highways, "For every four people who enter our welcome center, three of them don't have special needs. But now everyone can play together. Out at the camp we have a challenge course where if you're in a wheelchair you can be 22 feet above ground right next to everyone else on that challenge course. We come up with new ways to do things because if we don't, we're eliminating 15% of the population."
Guests from all 50 states and 122 countries, with and without disabilities, have visited Morgan's Wonderland and in 2018, Time magazine named the splash park, called Morgan's Inspiration Island, one of "The World's 100 Greatest Places."
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