When local government has this much control over what you can and cannot do in your own private residence, there is a serious problem…

A video has emerged of a great-grandfather climbing up stairs on his hands and knees because he is allegedly not allowed a stairlift.

Gordon Fraser, 73, suffers a neurological condition called torsion dystonia, which limits his movement and speech.

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He has fallen downstairs three times since he moved in with his daughter in Dundee after the death of his wife in January.

But despite his family’s request for a stairlift, Dundee City Council has allegedly refused to install one in the home.

The council purportedly decided that a stairlift would be a health and safety hazard because he shares a home with his young grandson.

Here is the video showing the disabled great grandfather climbing up the stairs:

Gordon’s daughter Lucy, 39, of Craigmore Street in Kirkton, Dundee, Scotland said she had posted the video as a desperate last resort to try to get help for her father.

She said she had been trying for months to get a stairlift installed at the property to enable her father to get up and down the stairs without difficulty. But all her requests had been denied.

Via: Telegraph UK

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