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Chris Serres

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Parents of kids with disabilities push for accessible restrooms e54c3af2 e5db 4583 b0fd 82ebe4bed021 - What They Never Told You

MINNEAPOLIS -- Tram Nguyen has used restroom floors, the grass at city parks and the back of her van to change her 7-year-old daughter's diapers.

Her daughter, Sadie, who was born with a chromosomal abnormality that limits her mobility, has outgrown the infant changing tables in most public restrooms.

"It's disgusting and undignified to have to lay your daughter on a bathroom floor," said Nguyen, a former retail executive and stay-at-home mother from Minneapolis. "My daughter needs to get out in the community, and not having a safe, private place to change her diapers is a major obstacle."

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