I stopped drinking water so I wouldn’t need to use the toilet

I’ve always needed help finding accessible bathrooms – and it’s always made me feel like a burden (Picture: Melissa Parker)

‘Please may I use the bathroom?’, I asked.   

Desperate for the loo while on a family holiday in Spain, I clearly remember the expression on a relative’s face – and the slight huff – as she said, ‘It’d be better if you could hold it.’   

As a child, I would do anything to stop that fed-up sigh, b...