BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio — One Ohio county is now being recognized for having inclusive tourist destinations for people with disabilities. 

What You Need To Know

  • Butler County was recently recognized for having 70 travel destinations that are accessible for people with disabilities 

  • Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park is one of the destinations and organizers said they are working to add more accessible options, like mini sculptures and audio

  • One mother of a daughter with disabilities said the park was easy to get through and helped calm her daughter 

For Amy Auberger, just getting her daughter into the car or a sound can be what triggers her daughter. 

Her daughter, 16 year-old Addi, was born with cerebral palsy, sensory problems and can’t talk.

“Honestly, it’s pretty heartbreaking at times. It’s our norm," said Auberger. 

But while on a car ride, she was calmed as she looked at sculptures. They drove through the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Hamilton. It's a quiet tourist destination full of history and sculptures mixed in with accessibility options. 

Park organizers said they’re working on adding in more ways for people with disabilities to experience the park.

“We worked with them to create these 3D models of some of the antiquities sculptures that are here at our museum. so you can actually come in and pick up and feel the different features of some of the ones that are mirror images of the pieces that we have here at the park, we’re also working on our audio guide," said Pyramid Hill Associate Director of Education and Programming Stephen Smith. 

It’s part of the reason the sculpture park is one of 70 travel destinations in Butler County that recently got a special designation.

“Butler County is now the first destination (in Ohio) to be verified accessible through Wheel of the World,” said Travel Butler County President and CEO Tracy Kocher. 

The county was rated on how well and how many accessible options there are at travel sites.

“That means when people come to Butler County, they can travel with confidence. They can know when they go and book a hotel what the height of the bed is going to be or how wide an elevator may be that can accommodate their specific accessibility needs," said Kocher. 

It's information Auberger said that can make all the difference.

“Just having those experiences and being able to just get out in the world and access it the way you and I would is very important," said Auberger. 

You can find a map and a list of the other accessible tourism destinations under through Wheel of the World here.