Run Campaign“The thing is that people don’t realise how limiting the lack of Changing Places facilities in Ireland actually is. People think anybody can use a disabled toilet, but that’s not the case. Some people can use the disabled toilets if they are able to transfer from the wheelchair to the toilet by themselves or with help.”

“However, Ailis is totally dependent on a hoist and like all young women her age she loves to go out to lunch, shop and do all that sort of thing. But she needs a hoist to use the bathroom so her life is limited.”

“She has a free bus pass but she can never use it because if you got the bus from Blessington in Wicklow into Dublin you’d have to get the next one back because there are no bathrooms.”

“You couldn’t go out for a weekend because the facilities aren’t there. It does restrict life for both of us. If the other people in her centre are going out as a group, they always have to go according to her needs, so they’re restricted as well.”

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