Feds threaten U-M funding over lack of access at stadium
October 29th, 2007From the Detroit News:
The U.S. Department of Education issued a scathing report to the University of Michigan, chastising U-M for routinely violating federal accessibility laws and effectively shutting out wheelchair users from Michigan Stadium football games.
The federal department has threatened to terminate federal funds to the 39,700-student university if U-M doesn’t submit a plan within 10 days to correct the numerous violations outlined in the 42-page report dated Oct. 26.
“The university is discriminating against individuals with mobility impairments … because the stadium does not include a sufficient number of accessible seats; the accessible seating is not dispersed so as to provide persons with mobility impairments the same range of seating choices as is provided to persons without disabilities … and the routes, toilet rooms, and concession stands are inaccessible.”
See also reports in the Ann Arbor News and USA Today.
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