America 's disabled toilets

 

I just arrived  back from Florida last Saturday with my Mum and Dad.  On a whole the holiday was really good apart from when it came to toilets. Apart from the parks and a couple of shopping centres there are very few separate disabled toilets. As I need  to be lifted and my Mum finds it difficult to do herself now we needed to have my Dad  to help. That proved quite difficult when the disabled cubicle was inside the ladies or the gents. At the end of the holiday we went to the airport to come home which is a new airport and it is very nice. At the departure gate I spotted the changing places sign and as you can imagine I was very excited to see it for the first time in America. We went in and came out very deflated. Although the toilet is huge there is no hoist despite having the changing places sign with the hoist on it on the outside. Also the changing bed was out of order. We are all led to believe that everything is bigger and better in America might be the case for a lot of things but definitely not when it comes to disabled toilets. If anyone is planning a holiday to America with a disabled relative please be aware of these things. Despite all of the above we had a great time.