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Author/s:
Juliette Hanson; Jo-Anne Bichard; Clara Greed
Summary:
This Accessible Toilet Design Resource, part of VivaCity 2020, is concerned primarily with the design of the accessible toilet cubicle that should be provided for customer or public use wherever there is standard toilet provision.
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Publication date:
2007
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
Jen Slater; Charlotte Jones
Summary:
This report summarises the key findings of a series of projects collectively known as Around the Toilet. Between April 2015 and February 2018 Around the Toilet used arts-based methods to ask what makes an accessible toilet space.
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Publication date:
2018
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Keywods:
DisabilityGenderInclusion
Type:
Report

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N/A
Summary:
The Disability Collaborative Network (DCN) website supports Inclusive Practice in the Heritage Sector (in partnership with EMBED). This includes guidance on Accessible and Changing Places toilets, as well as guidance for museums and the cultural sector to consider on broader themes, such as accessibility, neurodiversity and sensory needs of visitors and their own workforce.
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Publication date:
2020
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDisabilityInclusion
Type:
Organisation or Campaign

Author/s:
N/A
Summary:
The Changing Places Consortium launched its campaign in 2006 on behalf of the over 1/4 of a million people who cannot use standard accessible toilets. This includes people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, as well as older people.
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Publication date:
2020
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Keywods:
CampaignChanging PlacesDisability
Type:
Organisation or Campaign