Changing Spaces NM

04/21/2026

A mobile changing station is going to be a game changer for New Mexico families. Imagine families who include someone with a disability having an easier time attending fiestas and fairs! 🎉

We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to the NM Legislators who have provided Adelante with $275,000 to fully fund a mobile universal restroom/changing station to support people with disabilities and seniors! ♿🚻

The trailer will be equipped with a powered, height-adjustable universal changing table, supporting NM residents and tourists alike at events across New Mexico.

Currently, once someone outgrows an infant changing table, caregivers and family members have to resort to changing them on the bathroom floor or in a vehicle. This mobile station will provide much needed safe and dignified restroom access.

Thank you to State Representative Elizabeth Thomson, Representative Eleanor Chávez, Representative Marian Matthews, Representative Joy Garratt 4 New Mexico, Representative Kathleen Cates Vote For Kathleen 2024, Senator Martin Hickey, State Senator Nicole Tobiassen, and Senator Craig Brandt for supporting Adelante and our efforts to move New Mexico forward into a more accessible future!

03/06/2026

Proud of our progress locally, and grateful to be part of a national network of advocates doing amazing things to advance accessibility and inclusion every day. Check out what Changing Spaces chapters accomplished in 2025.

Check in with the Changing Spaces Campaign chapters as we advocate, struggle, and succeed at getting more universal changing tables installed in our communities. Find out our plans to keep progress moving forward this year. We advocate for family restrooms in all public places containing adult size....

07/26/2025

Honoring Changing Spaces Awareness Day by celebrating our progress toward restroom accessibility both locally and nationally. Thanks to our fellow Changing Spaces partners across the country for your advocacy and contributions to this video.

05/02/2025

Do you know of an eligible public facility (government/tribal/municipal/nonprofit w/ fiscal agent) that would be a great fit for an adult changing table? The New Mexico Department of Tourism is administering a grant to cover costs of purchase and install! Let us know and we can share the link to apply.

The New Mexico Tourism Department is now accepting applications to fund powered, height-adjustable universal changing station tables at qualified facilities across New Mexico. In partnership with Destination Accessibility and Changing Spaces New Mexico, this pilot grant supports more accessible public restrooms, making travel easier for people with disabilities and their caregivers.

04/25/2025

Come thank Explora with us! We want to encourage more organizations to install universal changing tables!

Please Join Adelante and Changing Spaces New Mexico to thank the Explora Science Center & Children’s Museum for installing what we believe to be the first universal, adjustable height changing table in New Mexico. The event will also include the announcement of new grants from the New Mexico Department of Tourism to help install additional adult changing tables at sites across the state.

When: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 9:30 am to 10:00 am
Where: Explora Science Center & Children’s Museum, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104

Universal changing tables provide dignity and access for people with disabilities and their caregivers. This initiative marks a major step toward inclusion, accessibility, and equity across New Mexico! If you are a person with a disability or support some one, please consider joining us!

Changing Spaces Campaign

Explora

02/15/2025

Our next committee is set to hear HB40! Please join us at the legislature!
Monday, February 17, 2025 - 1:30 PM - Room 317

Thank you, everyone, for your continued support of HB40 which calls for installation of universal, adjustable height changing stations in New Mexico. Our second committee is the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee. Every committee matters so if you can attend in person, please do!
If you cannot attend in person, you can watch via Zoom with this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84498420158%c2%a0

If you cannot be there, make sure you call or email EVERY committee member. If you would like a list of those legislators, please join our advocacy contact list by emailing us at [email protected]

01/28/2025

This mother’s story is all too common for a parent of a special needs child. That's why we are advocating for universal changing stations in New Mexico.

We appreciate Tomasita for sharing this story with us. Have you and your family been impacted by this issue? Join the effort and share your story, too!
GoAdelante.org/changing-spaces-advocacy

Thank you to the following legislators who have already signed on as sponsors to this bill: Kathleen Cates, Alan T. Martinez, Eleanor Chavez, and Charlotte Little
Vote For Kathleen 2024
Eleanor Chavez for State Representative HD 26
Alan Martinez for House District 23
Charlotte Little for HD68

YouTube link to video in case you want to share outside of social media: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oWiJ7zHnTo0?app=desktop

01/27/2025

Self-advocates, parents, guardians and disability supporters: Thank you for your interest in supporting HB40 which calls for installation of universal, adult, adjustable height changing stations in New Mexico. The legislation is being heard at the New Mexico Legislature this year and our first committee hearing our bill is this Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 9 am in Room 307 of the Roundhouse, as HB40 will be heard by the House Health & Human Services Committee. If you can attend in person, please do!

Remember to allow extra time to arrive in Santa Fe, to park and to find the committee room. Every committee matters along this journey and we need to show community support for HB40. It is unclear from the agenda how much time there will be for public comment, but they do often ask for a show of hands on who is there in favor of certain bills and the more hands that go up the better. We are one of 10 bills slated for discussion during the meeting, but the exact order may be subject to change.

If you cannot make it in person, you can still help by calling or emailing the committee members. Reach out to us if you want to get involved by completing the form on https://goadelante.org/changing-spaces-advocacy/. We are happy to send you a contact list of the legislators to contact.

You can also watch the meeting on Zoom. Committee chairs and time limitations may dictate your ability to provide comment virtually.

Join us in person:
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 9:00 AM – NM Capital Building - Room 307

Join via Zoom:
Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android: - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86178202695
Phone one-tap: +16694449171,,86178202695 # us
Webinar ID: 861 7820 2695

01/25/2025

These are amazing and being installed across the U.S. making it possible for people with disabilities and seniors to take part in community events without having to change someone on a bathroom floor. Let’s do this New Mexico!

01/17/2025

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