Posted by Andrew on 28/11/2008, 7:57 am, in reply to "Re: use of disabled toilets?"

Hi Lee I have to take issue with you on this. A disabled toilet is one that is for use of the general public, but is specially adapted so that disabled people (usually meaning in a wheelchair) can use it as well. I can appreciate that you dont want to wait while someone else is in there, but that is a fact of life; there could be another disabled person in there. The idea is not that the disabled toilet should be available the minute you want it, but that it is one that someone in a wheelchair can use. Disabilities of all sorts exist. Being unable to empty your bladder when you need to is a disability, since it could result in needing to be rushed to A&E to be catheterised. You say you are not in a wheelchair, so I assume you could use a cubicle in a public toilet, and are not restricted to a disabbled toilet. Please acknowledge that others have disabilities and needs as well as you, and that we all need to help each other with our difficulties. best wishes Andrew

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