Disability

[Amy65]

Had to use the toilet in a large food shop .was delighted to read the sign on disabled toilets it please don't judge not everyone has a visually disability. Some people have hidden disability and need to use this facility v good on them .I get sick of the looks u get when I use these toilets even though I have RA anklossing spondlittis and I'm visually impaired x amy

[Mandalou]

Couldnt agree more Amy!

I often find the space in normal cubicles difficult . Good on this supermarket for being enlightened.

Mx

[ruth_p]

If all toilets were made to be accessible then we could all use them without being judged 🙂

[sylvi]

I agree with Amy ,but i have got to the stage in my life i don't care about the looks,but if they say anything heavens help them they will get the back end of my tongue.xxxx

[AgedCrone]

Go Sylvi! Quite agree...trouble is always think of the drop dead remark hours later!

[premierscfc]

I know exactly what you all mean, It still makes me mad when I get the look up & down.

[cathie]

I wish all loos were more suitable for people who are physically challenged eg height of loo seats could be higher and therefore more accessible. And too often it’s disabled/baby changing which means you have to wait often quite long.

[Soreknees2016]

I’ve certainly experienced the dirty looks for using a disabled toilet instead of going up or down steep stairs to the regular loos in various places, so I find myself feigning a limp, or speaking loudly to companions about my bad knees - like I have to justify myself! A friend of mine who has a degenerative muscle condition has even been directly challenged for using a disabled parking space even though she has a blue badge just because she doesn’t ‘look’ disabled - ironically by a man who didn’t ‘look’ disabled himself!

A young girl in Scotland has been campaigning - very successfully - for this type of signage - if you’re on Facebook, you might want to check this out m.facebook.com/gracessign10/

[thelmar in reply to Soreknees2016]

I have a sticker on my car which says ‘You can have my blue badge if you take my disability with it’ . Also have one on my husband’s car which says ‘I may not look disabled but you don’t look stupid ‘.

[Soreknees2016 in reply to thelmar]

Class!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[BoneyC]

I was challenged by an older couple whilst about to use the disabled loo in a well known High Street store.... the man said there was a disabled loo in the ladies' toilets - cheeky since I was before him and in a wheelchair and he was walking!

[Hidden in reply to BoneyC]

Hey boneyc I can't write on here what my answer would have been to him if he had said that to me 😂.

[Hidden]

Totally agree - I need the bars in the handicapped stall to get up. Especially since I had knee surgery a month ago... grrrr... I hate those looks too...

[Matilda_1922]

This is so true

I always use the disabled toilet but on one occasion in a hospital disabled toilet. When I had finished. I opened the door to a lady in a wheelchair who gave me a stern look as I left

I was in there for a couple of minutes too. The other cubicle is very small. So prefer to use the disabled toilet.

[Hidden in reply to Matilda_1922]

I think it is human nature to judge others. If you see me coming out of a disabled toilet and when they allow me to drive, if only. Parking my car in a disabled space. I am sure so many people would judge and say he clearly is not disabled.

I would not dream of doing either no matter how much pain I was in. But if I ever did I would have to fake a limp or something.

I went to Legoland with my daughter recently. Thanks to friends. There was a large queue outside the ladies toilets This stunning young lady, naturally stunning walked into the guys toilet without a care in the world. It made me 😀 as o knew that she had a bag on but it was well disguised under her summer dress. She did not care as she was not going to ruin her nice dress. Not one guy said a word as they all stood there peeing into the urinals. She was defiantly 100% female.

[Matilda_1922]

Hi Amy

I totally agree we have an invisible condition.

[Cheylann]

I must admit I've never considered myself disabled because I have RA. I've always used the most convenient toilet and never been challenged or cared what other people say or think.

[Narniesangel73]

In my old car I had a sign

‘Just because I look good on the outside , dosent mean I feel good on the inside ‘ 💕💕

[Amy65]

That's brill sums it up bet u got some looks x amy