No Dignity on the Floor: A Human Rights Argument for Adult-Sized Changing Tables in Public Restrooms in the United States.

IF 2.5 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Health and Human Rights Pub Date : 2023-06-01

Geffen Treiman

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Abstract

Many individuals with disabilities utilize adult-sized changing tables to take care of their toileting needs with the help of a caregiver.¹ These tables are not explicitly required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and no legal case in the United States has yet addressed whether the ADA requires public restrooms to have adult changing tables.² This paper draws on an analysis of op-eds and news articles published in the United States to explore how individuals with disabilities and their caregivers access public restrooms that do not provide adult-sized changing tables. These experiences demonstrate violations of the human rights to accessibility, integrity, and health as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Utilizing a human rights analysis, I argue that adult-sized changing tables are inherently the same as toilets and that providing one but not the other in public facilities may constitute discrimination under the ADA. Finally, I briefly explore promising initiatives that would increase access to adult-sized changing tables in the United States.

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地板上没有尊严：在美国的公共厕所中使用成人尺寸的更衣台的人权论证》（A Human Rights Argument for Adult-Sized Changing Tables in Public Restrooms in the United States）。

1 《美国残疾人法案》（ADA）并未明确要求使用成人更衣桌，而且美国尚未有任何法律案件涉及《美国残疾人法案》是否要求公共厕所配备成人更衣桌。2 本文通过对美国发表的专栏文章和新闻报道进行分析，探讨残疾人及其护理人员如何使用不提供成人更衣桌的公共厕所。这些经历表明，《残疾人权利公约》中规定的无障碍、完整和健康等人权受到了侵犯。通过人权分析，我认为成人更衣桌与厕所本质上是一样的，在公共设施中提供其中一种而不提供另一种可能构成《美国残疾人权利法案》中的歧视。最后，我简要探讨了在美国增加使用成人更衣桌机会的可行举措。

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24 weeks

期刊介绍： Health and Human Rights began publication in 1994 under the editorship of Jonathan Mann, who was succeeded in 1997 by Sofia Gruskin. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, assumed the editorship in 2007. After more than a decade as a leading forum of debate on global health and rights concerns, Health and Human Rights made a significant new transition to an online, open access publication with Volume 10, Issue Number 1, in the summer of 2008. While continuing the journal’s print-only tradition of critical scholarship, Health and Human Rights, now available as both print and online text, provides an inclusive forum for action-oriented dialogue among human rights practitioners.