HANDICAP ACCESS PROTEST Man With Disability Crawls Up Stairs To Protest Lack Of Handicap Access
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Nov. 21, 2012 11:17 AM EST
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Philippi, Barbour County
, West Virginia
A man with a disability crawled up two flights of stairs at Philippi City Hall to protest the building's lack of handicap access.
Earlie Delaney of Anmoore told The Inter-Mountain that the lack of access violates his and his family's 14th Amendment rights to equal protection under the law.
Delaney lost a leg to diabetes in 1999 and later injured his back. He crawled up the stairs Tuesday to attend a City Council meeting on the second floor.
City Clerk Tammy Stemple said city officials would have made special accommodations if Delaney had notified them that he wanted to attend the meeting.
City Manager Karen Weaver said the city is working with the federal government to upgrade the building.
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