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Separate toilets
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When I was in Canada, and when I visited the US, the toilets generally had an “accessible stall” that had some hand rails and was slightly bigger. The male/female toilet split always was hard when my primary caregiver at the time was my mom.
I was pleasantly surprised when I moved to Japan and they had a separate single-person unisex toilet…
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Many new and larger buildings have a separate family toilet, but you really can’t depend on finding one. Even our best toilets aren’t like toilets in Japan. Our best is a roomy family toilet with grab bars, an accessible sink, and a rare changing table for infants. No bidets, no adult changing tables, and colostomy toilets. We still have…
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Newer buildings are getting better about adding a unisex or family bathroom, but a lot of people aren’t educated on the multiple reasons for a bathroom like this and are making it political (and referring to transgender people). I don’t know how much this ideology goes into building plans, but when the average contractor is in their mid 50s,…
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