It’s like you’re in solitary confinement. The sound of the crowd roaring outside negates your shout being heard. After days stuck in the loo they’ll just find your dehydrated carcass spread eagled on the floor.

Hubby was watching the rugby. I was busting to go to the loo. The game was in full swing. I scootered over to the loo. Someone walking past opened the disabled toilet door to let me in. How did I get out? 

Unlike disabled toilets in the UK and Italy, swing doors for disabled toilets in Australia almost need a footy player to open them. Heaven forbid someone with a disability needs to use them!

A new stadium

We got so excited when they replaced the stadium. New everything. Well I guess I need to be grateful that there are disabled toilets there but same old same old. They are the same problematic ones. Building designers ticked a box to comply with regulations and standards.

Hard to open doors

“Doors can be hinged or sliding but must be easy to open (less than 20 Newtons)”

I hate having to have a carer with me to go to the toilet, especially places like this where people want to watch the game. If we go to AS
My favourite disabled toilets have a sliding door and a button to get in and out…fancy!

Dezzie 2024

If you want to explore disabled toilets in Australia see these links below

https://australiandisabilitynetwork.org.au/DFD/dfd-10-02-accessible-toilets.html