A North Texas man helped a YMCA gym understand the importance of wheelchair-accessible equipment.
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"There was really no machines that I could work with to where I wouldn't have to transfer out of my chair," Lewis said, pointing out all the equipment had built-in seats."And if I transfer into that built-in seat, I could miss, fall, and it's just a bad situation." "When I make noise about the wheelchair community, I don't feel like I'm complaining. I'm just bringing a problem to light that maybe nobody really felt or understood because they can't walk a mile in my shoes, so to speak."
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