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Changing Places

Changing Places. Changing Places Presentation. Importance Designs Promotion How you can assist. Imagine a life without toilets The standard accessible toilet is not functional for all people with a disability Barrier to social inclusion Options without toilets. Life without toilets.

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Changing Places

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  1. Changing Places

  2. Changing Places Presentation Importance Designs Promotion How you can assist

  3. Imagine a life without toilets • The standard accessible toilet • is not functional for all people • with a disability • Barrier to social inclusion • Options without toilets Life without toilets

  4. Impact • This impacts severely on individual’s • quality of life • There are 58.2 per cent of Australians • living in households with a profound • or severe core activity limitation • require assistance with self care • Up to 200,000 Australians with severe or profound • disability may require a change table and hoist • (AIHW, 2009)

  5. The choice carers face everyday

  6. Proven Solution – Changing Places toilet • Changing Places toilets commenced in the UK in 2006. • Extra features and more space • This may include people with an ABI, cerebral palsy, MS, spina bifida, motor neurone disease…etc and their carers. • Each Changing Places toilet provides: • - a height adjustable adult-sized changing bench • - a tracking hoist system • - safe and clean environment • - enough space

  7. Key Features • Additional grabrails • A centrally placed toilet • Room coverage hoist system • Adjustable height change bench • Washbasin & integrated shelf • Waste bin • Disposable change bench cover dispenser • Automatic door • Hand dryer

  8. Changing Places campaign • shopping centres • premium train stations • aquatic facilities • major sporting and recreational complexes • major cultural facilities • civic centres • airports • hospitals . Changing Places toilets should be provided in addition to standard accessible toilets

  9. Changing Places website • A map with all the locations of Changing Places toilets • Changing Places Campaign kit • Current local campaign you can join • Template letters • Changing Places information kit • Design specification • Section for developers, architects..etc • Case studies • Videos • News www.changingplaces.org.au

  10. Choice • To stay or return home • Sitting in soiled clothing • Dirty toilet floors Changing Places would provide me freedom to live a life with more choices about what I do, where I can go and when I can do it

  11. Current Supporting Organisations Association of Consultants in Access Australia Inc (61 in total) Australian Physiotherapy Association Carers Victoria Centre for Developmental Disability Health Children with Disability Australia Eastland Shopping Centre Enware Australia Pty Limited Grocon Group National Disability Services Victoria Parks Victoria Victorian Chapter Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Equal Opportunity Human Rights Commission MODE Design BKK Architects HSPC Disability Access Consultancy

  12. National Support Australian Local Government Association – MAV Occupational Therapy Australia Property Council Australia Australian Federation of Disability Organisations Australian Institute of Building Surveyors Planning Institute if Australia Urban Development Institute of Australia National People with Disabilities and Carer Council National Disability Insurance Scheme National Disability and Carer Alliance

  13. Victorian government support September 2014, Victorian government announced funding for six fixed Changing Places and one mobile changing facility Three placed at MCG, Melbourne Zoo and Rod Laver Arena Three to be decided in consultation with the Victorian public Online poll on Changing Places website resulted in over 300 votes in one week Most popular locations so far shopping centres, parks and gardens and sporting and entertainment facilities

  14. Changing Places at Ringwood Lakes Officially opened 1st October 2014 • Located close to playground which includes a liberty swing • Convenient location off highway for access by travellers • Accessible by Mlak key holders – extra keys held at customer service centres

  15. Media coverage

  16. Quote “I have to lay him down on dirty public toilet floors with his head under the pan where someone else has just peed. I don’t like putting my handbag down on some floors; why on earth should I be expected to lie my precious son on them”

  17. Moving into the 21st Century • 1775 - The first patent for the flushing water closet was issued • to Alexander Cummings. 1852 first public toilet (flushing). • Since then technology and human rights has enormous advances • In the meantime in 2013 we have people with a disability and their families still waiting for their first toilet in their local community • Changing Places for a moment, imagine a community • for you without toilets

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