Bold bistro spotlights untapped talent


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  • Wednesday, 05 Feb 2025

A popular restaurant in Buenos Aires is staffed almost entirely by workers with neurological challenges. — ©️2025 The New York Times Company

NACHO Fernandez Suarez winces at the memory of his eight years as an administrative assistant in the Argentine Congress, part of an inclusion programme for people with disabilities.

“They bullied me, they pushed me, they treated me poorly,” said Fernandez Suarez, 34, who has an intellectual disability. He was also bored, rarely given meaningful tasks.

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