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He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia on February 23, 1982 with mitochondrial disease.
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Despite the disease, he was able to go to school by himself, feed himself, and use a manual wheelchair. On September 13, 1991, an infected surgical site during a Luque rods surgery triggered a collapse that killed Dupree"s remaining muscle tone. In October 1991 he got his first feeding tube and his first vent in February 1992.
Dupree was admitted to Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama at age 16.
Dupree organized "", a campaign which attempted to gain continued in-home services for Alabamians with disabilities who are over the age of 21. On February 10, 2003, United States Department of Health and Human Services secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced a limited program in Alabama that would fund in-home services for Dupree and 29 others who were turning 21 shortly.
