In this aerial view a slide stands at a pool at the Kiebitzberge public swimming pools near Berlin during the coronavirus crisis on April 28, 2020 in Kleinmachnow, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Alysia Abbott's 14-year-old son finds solace at their city pool near Boston. In this essay, she explains why this public space is an inclusive one for him and others.
Alysia Abbott teaches creative nonfiction at Emerson College and is the author of "Fairyland, A Memoir of My Father" (W.W. Norton, 2013). She lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
