City council member forced to climb onto Denver debate stage due to lack of wheelchair access

TL;DR

Denver City Council member Chris Hinds said he was humiliated when he had to get out of his wheelchair and attempt to crawl onto a stage before a debate because the venue did not have proper accessibility. "The lack of wheelchair accessibility on the stage at the debate culminated in an extremely uncomfortable outcome: I had to climb out of my wheelchair and attempt to crawl onto the stage in front of a crowd," he wrote. Hinds told KUSA that part of the reason he decided to climb out of his wheelchair was the pressure to do the debate

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