Feds: Disabled U-M fans had to be carried to seats
October 31st, 2007From the Ann Arbor News:
A report on the University of Michigan stadium by federal investigators cites accounts of fans with disabilities, invited as guests to the exclusive U-M regents area in the press box, who had to be carried up a staircase to reach their seats.
Other fans reported getting friction burns on their hands from navigating wheelchairs on improperly graded ramps, while others gave up attending games entirely.
The investigation began in 1999 after a fan complained ushers were unable to show his father the location of a handicapped accessible bathroom.
U-M has refuted the report’s findings, which could cause a withholding of millions in federal education aid.
Earlier stories here.
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