00:00 Callum Goslin loves to socialise, but it's not always easy for him to do.
00:06 The number of times that I've been caught out trying to get to somewhere, no matter
00:10 how many times I look at it in advance.
00:13 Living with a functional neurological disorder, he has to use a wheelchair when leaving the
00:17 house.
00:18 The 30-year-old says he does lots of research finding public places with accessible bathrooms
00:23 before committing to plans.
00:25 It might be something I really want to do, but then I think about the accessibility side
00:30 of things and I'm just like, I can't.
00:32 I really cannot.
00:33 A federally funded project is underway to improve bathroom access.
00:37 So far it's funded two new Changing Places toilets in Adelaide, a special disability
00:42 bathroom that includes an adult-sized change table and ceiling hoist, including this one
00:48 at the Burnside Pool.
00:49 This is not just a bare minimum, this is about truly gold standard, best opportunity, accessible
00:57 facilities.
00:58 But Callum Goslin says it is the bare minimum, with currently only 21 facilities like this
01:04 across the state.
01:05 It's often met with quite a bit of scepticism, not over the functionality of the facilities,
01:12 but the fact that, again, we're doing all this ribbon cutting for not a lot.
01:17 Yay!
01:19 All journeys take small steps to achieve a bigger conclusion, especially in terms of
01:26 inclusion and advocacy in our community.
01:28 The Changing Places facility here at Burnside Pool is closed to the public until the end
01:33 of September.
01:35 The government says there is more money for councils to partner and install Changing Places
01:39 facilities, with each one costing between $180,000 to $300,000.
01:46 Failing state government and local council buy-in.
01:49 And so it is a credit to the City of Burnside that they made it very clear that they wanted
01:55 to be partners in this.
01:57 People like Callum say it's slow progress for a basic right.
02:00 [ Silence ]
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