Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds is frustrated with the city’s $1.5 million council chambers renovation project, which is making mobility and access improvements for people with disabilities.⁠ ⁠ That’s because, despite Hinds being Denver’s first-ever council member to use a wheelchair, he says he wasn’t included in the planning for the project.⁠ ⁠ “Accessibility is strongest when lived experience is included from the start,” he said. “This could be a chance not just to meet the minimum, but to lead by embracing the disability community’s call of ‘nothing about us without us.'”⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝: Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post⁠ 📷: Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post // hyoung_ccc⁠ ⁠ #Denver #DenverPolitics #accessibility