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10-30-2007, 05:26 PM
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Michigan Stadium Hates the Handicapped
U-M told to alter stadium
Feds fault it for violating wheelchair accessibility rules at stadium, threaten to cut funds; university denies findings.
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Millions of dollars in federal financial aid to needy students at the University of Michigan may be in jeopardy because the university continues to discriminate against wheelchair users at its football stadium, according to the federal government.
U-M has 10 days to respond to a scathing report released by the U.S. Department of Education on Oct. 26, chastising the university for providing inadequate access to wheelchair users at its Michigan Stadium football games.
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The Department of Education says U-M has reconstructed almost all of the seating bowl, which makes the modern-day accessibility requirements kick in. U-M has maintained the changes to seating over the years have been repairs and not alterations under the law. Specific violations cited by the report include:
- The stadium has 88 wheelchair seats, far fewer than required. U-M demolished and rebuilt the concrete bowl over the last decades, affecting 90,000 seats and triggering a higher compliance rule that mandates 1 percent of seating be accessible.
- Wheelchair seating is not dispersed throughout the stadium, as required by law, but is limited to one row in the end zones.
- U-M does not provide accessible routes -- with proper ramps and handrails -- to entrance gates, the concession stands and bathrooms.
- The Big House lacks proper accessible toilets.
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10-30-2007, 05:37 PM
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if I don't take us down the field, bench me
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From a spring post sportsline
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Disabled vets suit: Wheelchair seats scarce at Big House
DETROIT -- A disabled veterans group sued the University of Michigan on Tuesday, saying there aren't enough spaces for wheelchair users at Michigan Stadium, one of the largest football stadiums in the country.
The federal lawsuit, filed by the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America, claims university officials are intentionally sidestepping the rules of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
A $226 million renovation is planned for the 107,000-seat stadium, which currently has 90 wheelchair-accessible seats. The schools says the renovation work will increase that to 282 seats, but the suit argues that about 1,000 wheelchair-accessible seats are required.
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10-30-2007, 05:44 PM
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The Department of Education says U-M has reconstructed almost all of the seating bowl, which makes the modern-day accessibility requirements kick in. U-M has maintained the changes to seating over the years have been repairs and not alterations under the law. Specific violations cited by the report include:
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I'm no lawyer, but this looks like more than simple 'repairs'
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I guess there's only one thing to do.... burn Ann Arbor to the ground  |
10-30-2007, 05:48 PM
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I guess there's only one thing to do.... burn Ann Arbor to the ground |
And after that then what? Hmmmmmmmm? |
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