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Re: Fw: Accessible Gingerbread House
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Bobby Greer <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Beth,

        Appears to be a novel way of getting the concept of architecural
accessibility across to the public.

Bobby



>Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
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>> From: Cindy Arceneaux <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Fwd:  Accessible Gingerbread House
>> Date: Friday, December 18, 1998 2:42 PM
>>
>> <<ACCESSIBLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE DRAWS NOTICE
>>
>> 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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>ACCESSIBLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE DRAWS NOTICE
>
>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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