This section looks into adjusting toilets to the needs of the old, the pregnant and people with disabilities.
Published on: 12/01/2012
About one in every ten people in the world has some kind of disability. A short film shows how important it is to adjust sanitation and water facilities to their conditions. Several papers give examples of toilet adjustments, such as designing a toilet for wheelchair access. WaterAid presented a special paper at the IRC/WSSCC/BRAC practitioner’s conference on sanitation and hygiene in South Asia in 2008. In Ethiopia WaterAid designed a pilot project. WaterAid also did a policy briefing note. With UWASNET they reviewed the policy in Uganda. NEWAH studied the suitability of squatting latrines for pregnant women, the elderly, overweight, sick and disabled people. The 30th WEDC conference had a paper on similar wider adjustments. A very complete resource is Water and sanitation for disabled people and other vulnerable groups: designing services to improve accessibility.