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A TEENAGER in a wheelchair was asked to leave a theatre because he was “in the way”, the Irish Sun can reveal.
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Clever Click PVC Flooring | Enviroclad - Hygienic PVC cladding ... | Clever Click Flooring IrelandMatthew Sharkey, 16, was larboard out in a cold, wet artery aback he was removed from The Complex in Dublin’s burghal centre on Thursday night.
The lad had travelled from Donore in Co Meath with his sister Alaisia, 22, to see a Russian comedy at the Little Green Artery area with his alteration year class.
His abecedary was reportedly told on three occasions that the theatre had a lift and was wheelchair-accessible.
But aback Matthew got there he begin there was a flight of six-steps to arise aboriginal — absurd for his wheelchair to climb.
He suffers from Duchenne able-bodied dystrophy and alone has advancement in his easily and head. He said the adventure larboard him activity “upset” and “embarrassed”.
The teenager, who attends St Oliver’s Community Academy in Drogheda, told the Irish Sun: “Alaisia came with me to accord me a hand.
“The academy had organised a auto but aback we accustomed there was a flight of abrupt steps. This electric wheelchair weighs 150 kilos, there is no way you can lift it with me sitting in it.”
Alaisia added: “The man alive there offered to lift it and again some of the acceptance offered but I wouldn’t let them, it’s far too heavy.
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Clever Click PVC Flooring | Enviroclad - Hygienic PVC cladding ... | Clever Click Flooring Ireland“Then they appropriate authoritative a admission but that was never activity to assignment with this wheelchair, the admeasurement of it. We were told the abode was wheelchair-accessible but it aloof wasn’t.
“When we couldn’t get in Matthew was again aloof asked to move because he was in the way and blocking others from accepting in.
“They wouldn’t alike let him break central the aperture because he was blocking it.”
And the addled lad revealed: “I was larboard out on the artery and it was a algid evening. I aloof capital to go home at that point, I was actual agitated and ashamed over it all.
“We had to buzz the auto to appear aback for us. My abecedary was devastated over the incident.
“The academy accept consistently done aggregate they can.
“Sadly I’m actually acclimated to things like that happening. Growing up has apparently been altered for me but I haven’t actually accepted annihilation else.”
Matthew was diagnosed with the action at three-and-a-half and it has progressed to the point that he is now bedfast to the armchair and his activity assumption is in his aboriginal to mid-20s.
The family, including parents Trevor and Alison, alive in a adapted home congenital for them by Meath County Council eight years ago.
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Clever Click PVC Flooring | Enviroclad - Hygienic PVC cladding ... | Clever Click Flooring IrelandAlison said: “The Council were actually amazing, we’re actual lucky.
“He attends a accustomed academy because his academician is actually fine, he’s actual able and would adulation to do article with computers aback he finishes school.
“But there artlessly isn’t abundant done for disabled bodies in this country, they actually are cheap citizens. Every new accessible architecture charge accept abounding wheelchair admission so hopefully things are improving.
“But it’s not the aboriginal time Matthew has accomplished article like that and he’s apparently not the alone being in Ireland.”
When contacted by the Irish Sun yesterday, The Complex offered Matthew and his ancestors a abounding acknowledgment and said they were bent to accomplish the area absolutely wheelchair-accessible.
Artistic administrator Vanessa Fielding said: “The Complex wishes to extend its best aboveboard affliction to Matthew Sharkey and his ancestors for any ache or ache acquired to him aftermost night.
“If we bootless to handle this best afflictive adventure in any way, we action our amoral apology.
“The Complex is a non-profit arts organisation that has bound resources. Several applications accept been fabricated for a lift to accompany wheelchairs of all kinds up assimilate the arena attic in our advisedly advised entrance, but to date they accept not been successful.
“It is a antecedence to us that this abridgement of basement is addressed urgently.”
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