Denver official 'incredibly disappointed and disheartened' by the lack of wheelchair access.
member Chris Hinds, a Democrat who is paralyzed from the chest down, was seen in the video hoisting himself onto the stage floor at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre because the stage did not have wheelchair access.
While the theater later apologized, Hinds said he was humiliated by the experience, which happened Monday in front of dozens of onlookers. Hinds told USA Today that debate organizers had initially suggested lifting him onto the stage, but he said he responded that his wheelchair weighs 400 pounds alone, and he weighs "almost another 200."
"And they said 'all right, well how about you get out of the wheelchair, and we'll just lift the chair up?'" Hinds recalled. "They gave me a chair that I could cling on to so I'm not just laying on stage."Hinds, who is running for re-election, said the organizers eventually decided to have the debate in front of the stage.
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