Accessible toilet

An accessible toilet is a special toilet designed to accommodate people with physical disabilities.

Public toilets and restrooms can present accessibility challenges for people with disabilities, for example those in wheelchairs. Stalls may not be able to fit a wheelchair, and transferring between the wheelchair and the toilet seat may pose a challenge. Accessible toilets are designed to address these issues by providing more space and bars for users to grab and hold during transfers.

Some countries have requirements for public restrooms to ensure accessibility. In the United States, most new construction for public use must be built to ADA standards for accessibility. In the United Kingdom, the Equality Act 2010 requires organizations and businesses to make adjustments to meet the needs of people with disabilities.

The following recommendations are becoming more common in public toilet facilities, as part of a trend towards universal design:

Accessible toilets need larger floor space than other cubicles to allow space for a wheelchair to maneuver. This space is also useful for people who are not necessarily wheelchair users, but still need physical support from someone else. A wheelchair-height changing table is also recommended, but remains rarely available. Accessible changing tables are low and accessible to a wheelchair user, and long enough for a caretaker to change an older child or adult with a disability.

A sign with a braille map for a public toilet in Kyoto, Japan.

Overhead mobile support bars in an accessible public toilet in Frankfurt, Germany.

An accessible toilet design for a school, with support bars and a moveable wood seat. Tanzania.

A public toilet diaper-changing table, United States.

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