Il lavoro è un diritto per tutti, anche peri i disabili: "Daniele e Michele contro i pregiudizi"

Work is a right for everyone, including people with disabilities. In Italy, Law 68 of 1999 guarantees employment for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. However, this law is often disregarded due to employers' doubts and prejudices toward those who are "different." For years, family associations like Anffas of Ostia have been raising awareness on the issue. Thanks to their internships and tutoring, many of the children they support have found employment. Children like Daniele, who is 24 and has autism, have endured a long educational journey both within his family and through an association, as his mother Paola explains: "I spent up to a thousand euros a month on Daniele's therapy. He had normal growth until he was two years old, then he began to regress." Daniele now works in a supermarket in Rome thanks to an Anffas training internship: "All the things he is doing right now are going to improve the quality of life now" continues his mother Paola "and also to give him the skills so that in the future, when his parent is no longer there, he can be as little of a burden as possible, not only to society, but also to an aging family". Michele was also a child who grew up normally like the others, as his father Attilio recalls: "He was the most precocious of my five children, then at a certain point he became a piece of wood and no longer expressed emotions". After years of therapy and difficulties with a society that marginalizes the less fortunate, thanks to the stubbornness of his family, Michele became an archivist at the Italian Federation of Judo, Wrestling, Karate, Martial Arts (Fijlkam) in Rome: "This is the only tool that allows these people to feel equal to others" confirms the president, Domenico Falcone. Anffas also opened a coffee corner at its Ostia headquarters, run by some of the young people the association supports. Tommaso and Gessica wear their official uniforms as they serve coffee: "We enjoy working here, we hope it doesn't end up as an experience." Stefano Galloni, the general director of Anffas, says: "Over the last three years, about 20 of our young people have found employment. We do this because we believe that work is a right for everyone, including those with disabilities."   https://youmedia.fanpage.it/video/aa/...