Question? Handicap bathroom

[Buff Hooligans]

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I was gonna comment on that part myself, but didn't think I should

Me too. I thought it was a term common in an area I haven't been to...

 

[PineappleMama]

I figured it was a comment on the amount/type of litter.

 

[purr]

I just wanted to say that just because a person doesn't look handicapped it doesn't mean they aren't
When I was a teenager my mother and stepdad brought me and my sister who has Cerebral Palsy to a zoo. My sister can't walk she was 5 at the time and some lady came over and started berating my mother for having my sister in a stroller. My mother calmly informed her that my sister was handicapped and I'll never forget the look on that woman's face. I think she wanted to crawl in a hole she was so embarrassed.
So don't assume that the person in that stall doesn't need it.
As a grandparent I do use the stall if no one else is in the bathroom and I have children with me , if i'm alone I wait in line for a regular stall. It seems to me though everytime I have my sister and we need to use the stall it's out of order. I don't think they are that fast at fixing them when they are out of order. so frustrating trying to get her out of the wheelchair and swivel around in a regular size toilet while she is laughing hysterically cause absolutely everything is funny to Kristy. She keeps life interesting

 

[wolftracks]

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Road snot??

And what would that be, exactly?

No I meant road snot!

Not!

You know what I meant! LOL

 

[redhen]

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Thats my motto...

 

[mulewagon]

Most people who haven't been close to someone with SCI think that "being in a wheelchair" is just some sort of inconvenience, and they can perfectly well sit in a line just as long as someone with no problems.

In reality, a person whose spine is injured severely enough to be unable to walk, very often has serious problems with lower body functions (not to mention overall functions, like blood pressure, temperature control, etc.)

These include things like constant urinary tract infections, incontinence, need for catheterization, or truly bizarre syndromes, like experiencing painful complete body spasms when their bladder is full.

These aren't rare symptoms, but are very frequent among people with spinal cord injury - and there are many other conditions that also cause bowel and bladder problems. Often, but not always, a person with these conditions will be using a wheelchair, walker, or cane.

So when you're in line in the public restroom, and somebody wheels in, for God's sake, offer them the next turn at the big stall. (And if somebody asks for the next turn, be polite and let them ahead, because every problem isn't visible. )

Here's some useful forums on SCI bowel and bladder issues:
http://www.apparelyzed.com/forums/forum/42-spinal-cord-injury-bladder-bowel/
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15

 

[mommyofthreewithchicks]

Sorry you are so upset but.... I am a mother of three. That stroller helps in the mall/store and Yes I have used the handicap bathroom a time or two, not so much now but when I had a newborn, a one year old and a three year old you bet I used it. A lot of times the changing area happens to be in that handicap stall. I end up taking all three kids in the one stall so I can keep tabs on everyone. Everyone up until the last year needed help with pants/Washing hands, even flushing and wiping- as the mom I can only be in one place at a time. If I know that there is someone waiting we try and either finish up the kid on the toilet and then wait until the other person is done or hurry up in general. Bathrooms for the most part are sitting empty and I think that there are many reasons we all need to use the bigger stall.