Family feels 'seen' by accessible playground plans for Lansing For Julia and Marlon Olivas, trips to the playground have always been difficult. The Olivas' three children all have some form of autism, which can trigger sensory overload. On one outing years ago, their eldest daughter, Charlotte, 9, fell and broke her leg. On another, their son, Gabe, 6, tried to run away from his mother. Their youngest, Violet, 2, recently fell from a rock climbing wall and got scraped up. "I have to be really picky (about) where I take all three kids alone by myself," Julia said. "It’s really important that there’s not a place where Gabe and Violet can run off to."