Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
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> From: Cindy Arceneaux <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Fwd:  Accessible Gingerbread House
> Date: Friday, December 18, 1998 2:42 PM
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> <<ACCESSIBLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE DRAWS NOTICE
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> Dubbed by the Wall Street Journal "the first-ever handicapped-accessible
> gingerbread house," a creation by the Rochester NY Center for Disability
> Rights has won widespread attention.  The confection is one of 35
> gingerbread houses entered this year in the city's annual gingerbread art
> display.  It sports not only a ramp, but a bathroom with a marzipan sink
> and commode and a candy grab bar.  Disability advocate Bruce Darling,
who
> helped craft the house, says that many of the thousands touring the
display
> pause to read the architectural guidelines for a "visitable" homes, which
> are  posted in macaroni letters on a  sign beside the house.  "The idea
is
> to let the public know that homes can welcome disabled visitors.  It
really
> gets people thinking," said Darling.  To see photos of the house, goto
> http://concretechange.home.mindspring.com.
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