Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (rly-zd02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.226]) by air-zd02.mail.aol.com (v53.29) with SMTP; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:34:42 -0500 Received: from mail.shepherd.org (mail.shepherd.org [199.250.182.20]) by rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id JAA21697 for <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:34:40 -0500 (EST) From: [log in to unmask] Received: by mail.shepherd.org(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.2 (693.3 8-11-1998)) id 852566DE.004F4D83 ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:26:11 -0500 X-Lotus-FromDomain: SHEPHERD To: [log in to unmask] Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:36:10 -0500 Subject: Accessible Gingerbread House Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 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.