This ruling is a great listen,forward, although as usual,doesn't go far enough, because, well, your just can't legislate for the downright ignorant refusenik.
Having a daughter in a wheelchair I've never had someone refuse to give up the wheelchair space. I think the look on my face usually says it all. But I also know it can be far harder for a person in a wheelchair to have to face that fight every day of their life, especially when often it takes enough energy just to get out of bed in the morning. In that respect I do worry for my daughter's future.
To those mums convinced that their special circumstances makes this ruling particularly hard on them, I invite them to spend a day in the life of a wheelchair user. For you, it's about maybe having to struggle for a minute or two to fold a buggy with the squad of young children you've decided to take out. For them this particular barrier is one of dozens they will face in the day. And tomorrow and tomorrow and all their tomorrows. Until you do a day in a wheelchair, you absolutely cannot pretend your life is harder.
It astounds me that people will STILL maintain toddler trumps wheelchair. Or that the worst thing in the world ever for a sleeping baby, wrapped up cosy in a pram to wait a little longer.
I've spent the evening pointing out to people on my FB why using the accessible toilet simply because you think you need the space, really isn't acceptable. Apparently I should be more prepared to "share" these facilities with parents when neither they nor their children have any kind of disability. 😡
People asking the question about two wheelchair users requiring the space. Well, we generally work it out amongst ourselves. If we're in a space and another wheelchair user needs the space, we can assist our girl to a seat (if her legs are good that day) and partially fold her wheelchair. If we have to wait because there is no space, we wait. That's only ever happened once in seven years.