New York City's Cafe Joyeux aims to hire, train people with disabilities

NEW YORK -- Thursday is World Down Syndrome Day and a new campaign is challenging perceptions and assumptions.In a commercial from the Canadian Down Syndrome Society, a woman with Down syndrome says, 'Hey bartender. You assume that I cannot drink a margarita, so you don't serve me a margarita, so I don't drink a margarita ... If all your assumptions become reality, then assume that I can drink a margarita, so you serve me a margarita, so I drink a margarita ...

It's Cafe Joyeux co-owner Yann Bucaille's goal to close this employment gap.'This is more than a symbol. It's a victory for inclusion,' Bucaille said.This World Down Syndrome Day was a family and friends celebration before the cafe's official opening.Cafe Joyeux, which is French for 'happy,' is also a nonprofit; all proceeds towards its cause of hiring and training people with IDDs.

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