Gemeenteraadslid moet uit rolstoel klimmen voor debat: ‘Ik voelde me als een circusaap’ https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20230218_94288752 #toegankelijkheid is een recht! #chrisHinds #us Article in #dutch #Belgian paper #accessibility for all now!

#SMH.... #Disabled Denver Councilman Forced to Crawl Onto Debate Stage

#Denver City Councilman #ChrisHinds couldn't maneuver his wheelchair onto the stage at the Cleo Parker Robinson dance school.

The venue didn't have a ramp for him.

But if Hinds didn't participate in the debate for the city's District 10 council seat, he said he'd have to forfeit about $125,000 in campaign financing from Denver's Fair Elections Fund....

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/02/15/denver-council-candidate-chris-hinds-wheelchair-debate/