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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:36:10 -0500
Subject: Accessible Gingerbread House
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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.