2008 Woodie Awards
New Building For Adaptive P.E.
Alma Paredes
Issue date: 9/17/04 Section: Campus Life
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"It's like moving from a shack into a mansion," stated Carolyn Akers, instructor of all the current Adaptive P.E. courses on the Marysville campus.
Originally, the multi-functional Adaptive Physical Education facility was planned to be built in conjunction with the DSPS building in 1990. It was postponed so that this building would be closer to the gymnasium and other Physical Education facilities on the Yuba College campus.
After more than a decade as merely a proposition, the building was approved for construction in 2003 in part because of funding from Prop. 47. According to Rod Beilby, Dean of Physical Education Department and Athletic Director at Yuba College, "Because the building was approved for construction years after its submission, only minor modifications could be made to the original plan."
Once everything was finalized, the building was designed to accommodate students with different types of disabilities. The new facility includes a Hydro Room containing a whirlpool that will be used by students with disabilities as well as Yuba College athletes; a spa room that will potentially house water exercise classes; an assessment room; ample restrooms with changing areas; an adaptive physical education' closet.
Most of the equipment used in the Adaptive P.E. Room has been approved by the Americans with Disabilities Association and can be used by people with different disabilities and other physical limitations. Among the equipment, treadmills with a wide range of walking and elevation speeds as well as useful features such as heart rate monitoring have been purchased, as well as therapy balls, recumbent bicycles and elliptical trainers. Although disabled students are a very small population of Yuba College, they have been without adequate physical education facilities for a long time.