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Author/s:
Lauren White
Summary:
Drawing on a qualitative study based on 25 daily diaries and follow-up interviews with people living the the common health condition irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), this paper explores toilet access through the lens of mundane mobilities.
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2021
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDisabilityPublic Toilets
Type:
Academic Paper

Author/s:
Changing Places Consortium
Summary:
This guide aims to provide readers with the practical guidance on the design and management of a Changing Places toilet, as well as an understanding of why they are needed and who is likely to benefit from them.
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Keywods:
Changing PlacesDesignDisability
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
Around the Toilet (Sheffield Hallam University)
Summary:
This quirky animation weaves together personal accounts from transgender, disabled and Muslim people, who share the trials and tribulations of accessing and using public toilets in a society where some are made to feel welcome and others are not.
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Publication date:
2017
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AccessibilityDisabilityGender
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Film

Author/s:
Nowhere to Go (University of Newcastle)
Summary:
Nowhere to Go worked with disabled people and carers, Carers Northumberland and local community film company Little Big Butterfly toe a film that documents some of the experiences of disabled people and their ideas for what would make a difference.
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Publication date:
2018
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AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Film

Author/s:
Nowhere to Go (University of Newcastle)
Summary:
A best practice guide to ‘Improving Access to Toilets in Northumberland’. The guide seeks to highlight to people, but particularly organisations such as galleries, cafes, pubs, supermarkets, ways they can easily and cheaply make their toilets more accessible well as the importance of Changing Places toilets. Available in accessible formats.
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Publication date:
2018
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Design Guide

Author/s:
Jen Slater, Charlotte Jones, Lisa Procter
Summary:
In this paper (published in Gender and Education) we argue that school toilets function as one civilising site [Elias, 1978. The Civilising Process. Oxford: Blackwell] in which children learn that disabled and queer bodies are out of place. This paper is the first to offer queer and crip perspectives on school toilets.
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Publication date:
2016
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Keywods:
DisabilityGenderSchool Toilets
Type:
Academic Paper

Author/s:
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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Building regulation in England to ensure that people are able to access and use buildings and their facilities. Volume 2 includes design considerations for toilets in buildings other than dwellings.
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Publication date:
2015
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Standards and Guidance

Author/s:
Eleanor van den Heuvel, Mary Gilhooly, Ian Sutherland, Felicity Jowitt, Kevin McKee, Lena Dahlberg, Stuart Parker, Patrick Gaydecki, Norman Ratcliffe, Jo-Anne Bichard, Adele Long, Nikki Cotterill, Susie Orme
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This report shares the key findings of the Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory Tools and Technology (TACT3) project, where the overall aim was to reduce the impact of continence difficulties for older people, including access to toilets.
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Publication date:
2012
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Keywods:
AccessibilityDesignDisability
Type:
Report

Author/s:
Jo-Anne Bichard
Summary:
This PhD thesis uses the case of the publicly accessible toilet to demonstrate how the design of these facilities has continued to present a ‘special needs’ approach, opposed to inclusive design.
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Publication date:
2014
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Keywods:
AccessibilityBuilt EnvironmentDisability
Type:
Academic Paper