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Born in 1950 with muscular dystrophy and wheelchair-bound, a hungry Bill Austin frequently utilized a quirky tactic for getting into his favorite Oklahoma City restaurant for a meal.
He'd go to the back of the establishment, push himself up the restaurant's only ramp used for food deliveries, cut through the restaurant's kitchen amid stares, frowns and groans, and then quickly get a table in the dining area.
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