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Then, on the way back to his hotel, the taxi in which he was riding became involved in an accident and soon he returned to borrow a wheel- chair Yad Sarah spokesmen point out Rehovot, Israel mong the millions of tourists expected to descend on Israel in the next year will, of course, be those in need of wheelchairs. So a non-profit agency named Yad Sarah is stocking up on wheelchairs to aid the many handi- capped men and women prepar- ing for their turn-of-the millen- nium journey to Israel. The main task of Yad Sarah, which has no less than 6,000 Yad Sarah runs a Day Rehabilitation volunteers in its ranks, remains Center in Jerusalem that helps handi- what it has always been: provid- capped people to alleviate their prob- ing paramedical and rehabilita- lems with the aid of among other tive equipment and services to things, pizza. the citizens of Israel. But it also The Center has a horticultural aids visitors, and this aspect of its program based on "wheelchair therapy activities will take on special gardening," Within its framework, importance in the year ahead. ► articipants grow herbs (oregano and In fact, Yad Sarah begins its asil) as well as cherry tomatoes. work in this sphere before the Then, in a special training kitchen, an tourists land at Ben-Gurion occupational therapist shows how to Airport. It supplies information use special devices that enable them to to questioners from abroad cook for themselves. about the suitability of hotel ' An d what they usually prepare is rooms, accessibility to places of using the produce they previ- interest, tour planning for travel- y grew and picked. ers with special needs and the telephone numbers of relevant Israeli bodies. Now, for example, it is deal- that it could do more for tourists ing with requests for information from were it not for bureaucratic obstacles. Adventure Planners Inc. in Winston- For example, it couldn't help a his- Salem, N.C., the - Israel Government tory teacher from Germany_with mus- Tourist Offices in Zurich and cular dystrophy who wanted to tour Copenhagen, and Carlson Wagonlit the country in a rented car and asked Travel in Turlock, Calif. the organization to arrange for permis- When handicapped visitors actually sion to park the vehicle near sites of arrive, Yad Sarah does everything it special interest. possibly can to help them. Here are This couldn't be obtained, officials three recent cases: informed Yad Sarah, because the • A woman from England, confined "handicapped tags" that permit such to a wheelchair because of multiple parking are not issued to visitors. ❑ sclerosis, came to Israel to attend her son's wedding. She was provided with transportation to and from the air- For more information on Yad port, information about hotels with Sarah, contact: in the U.S., Room wheelchair-accessible rooms and baths, 1450 Parker Plaza, 400 Kelly and lent a bed raiser, raised toilet seat Street, Fort Lee, N.J. 07024; with handrails and a shower seat (201) 9/14-2720; in Israel, Yad • An elderly man from the U.S. Sarah House, Kiryat Weinberg, with emphysema, who was visiting 124 Herzl Blvd., Jerusalem, Israel his daughter here, was lent a portable 96187; (02) 644-4444. oxygen concentrator and back-up cylinders A ......... ,