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Thanks, John. The outline looks good.
More on from the female point of view as well as limited dexterity mobility.
Keep in mind that even for women without incon issues, using a public restroom generally takes longer than it does for a man. This has been written about extensively and is true from observation. Pay attention to any crowded public venue. Very often there are long lines for women, while men are, relatively, in and out, and it's not necessarily because women are primping in front of the mirror as I have seen mentioned in articles on occasion.
A man can enter a restroom, unzip, use a urinal, zip up, hopefully use the sink and leave. A woman must often stand in line waiting for a stall that is free. Then she must enter the stall, close and lock the door. Women are more likely to be carrying a purse or bag of some sort, so they have to put the bag somewhere-- on a hook if there is one, or on the floor. Then we have to undo our clothes, which may have more elaborate fasteners or other features that take more time. Some women are concerned about the cleanliness of the seat in public restrooms, so they may clean the seat or lay down a cover or paper. Then they can sit and use the toilet. If there's a bowel movement or menstruation involved also, that's going to take more wiping, and we may need to get up or bend down to open the bag to get sanitary supplies, open them, position them, dispose of the resulting trash, redo our clothes, retrieve the bag, open the door, use the sink. Women still also tend to be more likely than men to be tending to one or more small children on an adult who may need assistance with their own toileting needs or supervision or whatever, which takes up more time. Then women can finally leave the restroom. This is why women generally take longer in a multistall public restroom than men in the first place. A single user restroom would be more like using one's home bathroom. And this is without any incon or mobility issues whatsoever. It's just the physical and societal reality of being a woman.
Add in the factor of being incon. Sanitary supplies for menstruation are small. If a woman knows she needs them at that moment (and she may not), a single change can be slipped into a pocket. One can't do that with incon supplies. Woman or man, one is going to carry in a bag of some sort. And if one is not fully incontinent, but often has sudden urgency, as I do, one wants to get in there and use the toilet ASAP. With a pull on (or liner or pad), a woman can relatively quickly pull down, rather than undoing a brief and possibly dropping it or allowing contents to spill. (and then having to spend time cleaning) Pull ups can be torn for removal or pads can be pulled out and changed relatively quickly. Changing a brief requires even more time.
Re: mobility or dexterity issues: Briefs require balance-- some people with mobility issues may not be able to stand all or may not be able to balance well. You wrote something about standing against a wall. Not in a narrow public stall, or necessarily even a wider public one. Where I work, all of the toilet paper holders, designed for many rolls at once are huge contraptions protruding from one wall of the stall, and even as a relatively petite woman, I'm squeezing my way in. Changing and balancing requires being able to do that while reach behind oneself or to the side in a narrow stall, which some people may not be able to do, and being able to reach the tapes and place them accurately, which may be difficult with dexterity or vision issues. If it is not done correctly, the brief will fall off or at the very least one may have ruined a brief if the tapes are not refastenable, or even if they are, one must try again, and perhaps yet again with each tape. Even if one can do all of that, just more slowly than a person without disabilities, imagine that you have a 5 or 10 minute break from a meeting and many other people are in line for your stall or, even if you are alone in the public restroom, you have an appointment or work commitment in 15 minutes. By this time, for a woman with incon and mobility issues, it would be half an hour or more in the bathroom every 2-4 hours. Unreasonable. This is why I use pull ons and pads.
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