We need disabled changing facilities!

Hi everyone! I've made a page to get as many of my friends and family and as many other people who believe this issue should be addressed to support myself and many others out there! share share and share again! I need this as back up for my petition!

I have a lovely 4 year old boy! He's getting bigger and bigger each day! Changing him whilst we are out and about is a daily struggle. I also know it affects lots of people out there too. The changing stations that are available only take the weight and length of a small child! But what if you are out and about with a child like my son.

On a daily basis I have the mission of trying to find somewhere big enough and clean enough to change him. I have to plan the day, so I know at some point I will need to change him in an area big enough for a disability pram and somewhere big enough for my child to lie down. Sometimes I take my son into a changing room in a clothes store, as I know it might not be clean, but at least I can lie him down and have enough room to change him. Sometimes I have no choice but to lie him on a dirty toilet floor that hasn't been cleaned for a good while. My child likes to roll around and move his hands a lot, where he's touching the floor. If we go into a cubicle in the toilets, there isn't enough room to lie him down! Why should I have to plan the day to make sure I'm close enough to home to come back and change him? Some parents carry around with them a very large mat to put on the dirty floor? Why should I have to change my child on a dirty toilet floor?

Imagine if a large well known shop trailed a few disabled pull out beds. Imagine the recognition! Imagine the amount of people they would be supporting! Maybe gain a few extra customers. Marks and Spencer's have started a range of clothing for special needs children. Why not go the whole hog and put a changing table in there too!

Elderly incontinent people wouldn't have the stress with nowhere to go!

It would suit babies to adults! If you go into a large store and have a look at their disabled toilets, 9/10 there is plenty of room for one of these changing stations!

It should be a basic human right in this day and age! You wouldn't change a small baby on a dirty floor so why should children and adults with disabilities suffer.

They are only a small fortune for what they could actually achieve!

Please please please share with all your friends and family! For my son and everyone else out there facing the same struggle as us x Sign this petition to encourage stores to create disabled changing stations! 


Update #17 years ago
Thank you so so much for all your support! Please tell your friends and family about the petition! Let's get some more signatures and help a great petition get the recognition it deserves!!

Amanda xx
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