‘Either an early trip home or sitting in soiled pants’. That is the choice many parents of disabled children have to make when visiting the popular Pennington Flash.
The popular spot in Leigh is currently undertaking development work which will include accessible changing facilities, but this is not happening fast enough for one mum. Rebecca Callaghan, whose daughter has a rare neurological and skin disorder (Sturge Weber syndrome) believes that the cafe should not be built before proper changing facilities.
Matilda, 11, has a birthmark on her brain which has caused her learning difficulties and epilepsy as well as mobility issues for which she requires a specialist wheelchair.
