I feel it would be helpful to share this article I found by @urbancripple regarding the correct usage of the accessible stall in a public restroom; if you don’t need the accessible stall, you shouldn’t use it, even if the others are all full. As an able-bodied person, I am ashamed to not have been aware of this, and I wanted to spread the message.
I’m abled, and I was always taught that if the other stalls are free, to use those, but if there’s a long line to help it move faster by usi
The author has answered other questions regarding needing accessible restrooms and further clarified that the need for the accessible stall or accessible restroom doesn’t have to be because of a mobility issue, but it does have to be a need rather than a matter of convenience. Here are links to the other questions and answers about this:
Using the accessible stall to avoid an accident
When the only gender-neutral restroom is the accessible one
Using the accessible restroom for sensory sensitivity
Just one stall in the men’s room
