I agree. I am tall and low toilets are a pain. I sometimes also have a had time getting up. I like the handicapped toilets because sometimes on the regular ones you have to practically climb up on the toilet to close the door and it easier when I have my grand-daughters with me.

Because they're the cheapest ones.

Think Squatty Potty's or whatever they are called. Supposedly the shorter ones make BM's easier to pass which is why the short ones. I remember the handicapped ones as being much taller than they are now. However some are so low as to laughable. One now closed store had what I thought was children's height stools until I tried to find an adult height and they were all the same height. Even worse the seat was lower than the surrounding walls.

I have a high one at my house and when I go to sit on a public one - I feel like I'm going to fall in. You would think in a handicapped stall , they's splurge and use the high one.

Oh, then you got those metal toilets at parks. Like sitting on a block of ice.

I see many (but not all) handicap stalls with higher toilets (ADA compliant).

I notice toilets being taller in handicap stalls also. Rules may vary from state to state.

In general, the stalls are so small that it makes it hard to do much maneuvering at all. I also have a difficult time getting up, usually have to use the TP holder or other to brace myself.

I agree with all of the comments. The short toilets are the most difficult for me. I have had success in a small stall grabbing the bottom edge of the door to help me stand. More secure than using TP holder. I imagine shorter ladies have issues if they use the taller handcap height toilets. I have heard that some countries only have holes to use in rest rooms. Guess we should be happy with what we use.

I think it is about the toilet fitting all. Kids use public restrooms too. Most of the tie the handicapped stalls have taller toilets for easier transfers from a wheel chair. We put taller toilets in our bathrooms at home.

I never understood just how difficult those short toilets are for some people until I broke my leg/knee two years ago. Its better now, but for at least a year I couldnt get up without the aid of a handrail, the tp holder or by putting my hand on the seat and pushing myself up. I used the handicapped stall because they had the handrails and did I ever get some dirty looks. I guess that was because I didn't appear disabled - no cane, crutches, walker, cast or limp. The lesson there is to not judge a book by its cover.

As far as the regular stalls go, most are so tiny that it's difficult to maneuver especially this time of year when people are wearing big, bulky coats, scarves, carrying umbrellas, etc. A little more room to turn around sure would be appreciated

We were considering installing taller toilets in our house. That was until I was on a trip and got food poisoning while staying at a hotel with raised toilets in the rooms. It was misery. I am 5'1" and using one with shoes on was OK. But when I got ill my slippers kept me from reaching the floor with solid enough support to lift a side to clean up. I had never before been bothered by raised toilets.

DH is over six feet and has no complaints about short toilet. What we do insist on is elongated bowls and solid core seats, not those flimsy molded plastic ones that have no bottom. My favorite seats are commercial plastic ones by Bemis.

Watchmelol...I have Bemis handicapped stools in my house...and am pleased with them.

Right...they are more expensive. My DD and hubby just built a new house...contractor priced out regular stools...I said I would be glad to pay for a chair height stool so I had one that was comfortable for me to use...I am handicapped...and it was $150 extra.

Someone mentioned that they always put HC stools the furtherest from the door...if it was as hard for the architects to walk as it is me, they would put them nearer to the door! My departed hubby was an architect and I changed his mind about designs on commercial buildings.

Installing low toilets in all but stalls for handicapped, rather than having one or two higher, allowing clients some choice ...

... seems to me like something of a low blow!

ole joyful

All restrooms need the tap to open buttons for handicapped! Trying to open those extremely heavy doors to get into the restroom is painful! Nearly had a leg broken by one slamming back on me. Baby changing stations should not be in the handicapped stall. It's nearly impossible to get a chair in when that thing has been left open. I really like the few handicapped stalls that have their own sink in them. Avoiding the crowd and mess at the other sink area.

I love using public bathrooms where the toilet is so close the the wall or toilet paper dispenser you have to be a contortionist to sit and then stand back up. My favorite sushi place has a bathroom with just two stalls, one handicapped which is huge and the other your knees touch the door when it's closed. I don't know why they made the stall so short. The entire bathroom is really big, huge floor space right in front of the main door all the way to the sink.

And why is the women's bathroom always the farthest down the hall? Without fail, the first one you come to is the men's and you have to pass by it to get to the women's. In some places, that makes the women's feel just a little bit more isolated than I'd like.

The idea of the women's bathroom being beyond the men's was to provide more privacy. There was a period of time, 1960's to late 1980's, early 1990's that moved it to the first door on the right. Men's was either further down the hall or on the left. This may have been something that was regional rather than national. I was so used to using the one with the first door on the right that I simply pushed the door open and went in. I was shocked and puzzled with why a urinal was in a woman's restroom until I realized I that was not where I was. I started looking after that.

Do I sense a hint of a suggestion that misogyny may have been at the root of the male vs female restroom location decisions?

What I really hate is using the restroom at the airport when I have a rolling carryon with me. I have to roll the suitcase in and then I can barely close the door and sit. You would think they would accommodate this at an airport of all places.