11-Year-Old Girl In A Wheelchair Turned Away From A Museum Because Her Wheels Would Ruin The Carpet

A Georgia museum wouldn’t allow a little girl with a neurological condition to go inside because they thought her wheelchair might make the carpets dirty.

This is Lexi Haas. She has Kernicterus, a neurological disorder than can cause cerebral palsy.

This is Lexi Haas. She has Kernicterus, a neurological disorder than can cause cerebral palsy.

Source: facebook.com

Lexi is wheelchair-bound and physically non-functional.

Lexi is wheelchair-bound and physically non-functional.

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But she's still pretty active.

But she's still pretty active.

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Her family knew that it might be tricky to visit The Ships Of The Sea Museum in Savannah, Georgia because of the older architecture of the building.

Her family knew that it might be tricky to visit The Ships Of The Sea Museum in Savannah, Georgia because of the older architecture of the building.

Source: bluffton.edu


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